opposed
adjective
op·posed
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Definition of opposed
: set or placed in opposition : contrary
with politicians, as opposed to soap, you cannot return what you have bought— Felix G. Rohatyn voters who are opposed to the plan
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NBC News' Jason Davis has the lowdown on what scientists hope the telescope will be able to do and why locals are so opposed to it. — NBC News, "Trump dismisses economic slowdown fears: Read the Morning Rundown," 19 Aug. 2019 Even regional powers that are overtly opposed to the regime in Tehran are keen to de-escalate. — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, "Can the Middle East escape its ‘1914 moment’?," 5 Aug. 2019 Some of the sentiments expressed by the Rooseveltian national conservatives, by contrast, came dangerously close to endorsing the civil-society-consuming statism to which Burke was so opposed. — Nate Hochman, National Review, "A Big-Government Nationalism, or a Burkean One?," 25 July 2019 In other words, Lyndon Johnson was very opposed to women going into space. — National Geographic, "Episode 7: The Glass Stratosphere," 23 July 2019 Pence laughed at suggestions the president was opposed to NASA's current strategy. — William Harwood, CBS News, "Pence reaffirms administration support for "moon-first" strategy," 21 July 2019 Critics could not have been more opposed to the measure and Lam’s theory. — Edmund Demarche | Fox News, Fox News, "Extradition bill that prompted mass protests in Hong Kong is dead, Lam says," 9 July 2019 For decades, Iran has been expanding its regional influence by funding, training, and arming proxy forces in unstable countries, and then helping them develop into political movements that are opposed to U.S. interests. — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, "The Law That Makes It Easy to Go to War with Iran," 27 June 2019 There are also those who are deeply opposed to renegotiating the arrangement. — Yohannes Gedamu, Quartz Africa, "The underlying tension behind Ethiopia’s flawed federal system and its risks," 26 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'opposed.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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opposed
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of opposed
: not agreeing with or approving of something or someone
: completely different
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