Usually means: To resist or fight against.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word oppose:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. oppose: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. oppose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. oppose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. oppose: Collins English Dictionary
  5. oppose: Vocabulary.com
  6. Oppose, oppose: Wordnik
  7. oppose: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. oppose: Wiktionary
  9. oppose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. oppose: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. oppose: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. oppose: Dictionary.com
  13. oppose: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. oppose: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Oppose: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. oppose: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. oppose: Rhymezone
  18. oppose: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. oppose: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. oppose: Free Dictionary
  21. oppose: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. oppose: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. oppose: Dictionary/thesaurus

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

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. oppose: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. oppose: Sound Alike Words
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. oppose: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. oppose: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
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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