1 a person that you are playing or fighting against in a game, competition, argument, etc:
a political opponent * a dangerous / worthy / formidable opponent * The team's opponents are unbeaten so far this season.
2 ~ (of sth) a person who is against sth and tries to change or stop it:
opponents of abortion * opponents of the regime
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is opponent a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, opponent is tagged as noun.
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