adjective [notusuallybeforenoun] ~ (to sth)
1 (of a person) disagreeing strongly with sth and trying to stop it:
She remained bitterly opposed to the idea of moving abroad. * They are totally opposed to abortion.
2 (of ideas, opinions, etc.) very different from sth:
Our views are diametrically opposed on this issue.
IDIOMS
as opposed to (written) used to make a contrast between two things:
200 attended, as opposed to 300 the previous year. * This exercise develops suppleness as opposed to (= rather than) strength.
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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 opposed is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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