Friday, July 15, 2016

OPPOSE

WORD: OPPOSE

MEANING:
1. To be or act in contention or conflict with: opposed their crosstown rivals in the season finale.
2. To be hostile or resistant to; try to prevent: opposes the building of a new police station.
3.
a. To set as an opposite in position: opposed the painting with a mirror across the room.
b. To present in counterbalance or contrast: ideas that were opposed to each other in her first book.
4. resist, combat, contest, fight

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Why China opposes India's NSG membership: Chinese newspaper explains
2. The senator said he would oppose the bill.

PRONOUNCE:
op·pose - अपोज़

LINK: OPPOSE

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