Usually means: Resists or stands against something.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. opposes: Merriam-Webster
  2. opposes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. opposes: Vocabulary.com
  4. Opposes, opposes: Wordnik
  5. opposes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. opposes: Wiktionary
  7. opposes: Dictionary.com
  8. opposes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. opposes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. opposes: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. opposes: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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  1. opposes: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (oppose)

verb:  To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
verb:  To object to.
verb:  To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
verb:  To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
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