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oppose

English

  1. 🔊 be against
    “We oppose the ban on abortion”
  2. 🔊 be resistant to
    “The board opposed his motion”
  3. 🔊 contrast with equal weight or force
  4. 🔊 set into opposition or rivalry
    “let them match their best athletes against ours”
  5. 🔊 fight against or resist strongly
    “The senator said he would oppose the bill”
  6. 🔊 act against or in opposition to
    “She reacts negatively to everything I say”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 contrariar to oppose
  2. 🔊 adversar to oppose, to advert
  3. 🔊 implicar to oppose, to contradict

Similar words

controvert contradict pit match play off fight fight back fight down defend react counterbalance abjure agree to differ agree to disagree analogize antagonize array arrest assert the contrary assimilate attack balance ban bar