to disagree strongly with sb's plan, policy, etc. and try to change it or prevent it from succeeding:
[VN] This party would bitterly oppose the re-introduction of the death penalty. * He found himself opposed by his own deputy. * [V-ing] I would oppose changing the law. [also VN-ing]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for oppose is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is oppose a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, oppose is tagged as verb.
Does oppose appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — oppose appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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