- (of a person) disagreeing strongly with something and trying to stop it
- opposed to something He was strongly opposed to modernism in art.
- She remained bitterly opposed to the idea of moving abroad.
- They are totally opposed to abortion.
- the party most openly opposed to military rule
- The majority of the population was either opposed or indifferent.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- remain
- adamantly
- bitterly
- deeply
- …
- (of ideas, opinions, etc.) very different from something
- Our views are diametrically opposed on this issue.
- The two sets of values seemed mutually opposed.
- opposed to something His actions seemed directly opposed to the values of the company.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- stand
- …
- completely
- diametrically
- directly
- …
- to
Idioms
See opposed in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee opposed in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishas opposed to
- (formal) 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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