## Meanings
1. To disagree with and try to prevent something.
2. To be against or in conflict with something.
3. To set one thing against another as a contrast or rival.

## Examples
- The senator said they would oppose the bill.
- Many religious leaders oppose cloning humans.
- The film opposes love against duty.

## Synonyms
- bar
- block
- check
- combat
- confront
- contest
- contradict
- counter
- counterattack
- defy
- dispute
- face

## Antonyms
- support

## Derived Forms
- opposability
- opposable
- opposably
- opposal
- opposee
- opposeless
- opposure
- reoppose

## Related Forms
- opponent
- opposer
- opposite
- opposition

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *tḱey-
- Root: opposen
- Root: opposer
- Root: ob
- Root: pono
- Root: oppono

## Etymology
From Middle English opposen, from Old French opposer, from Latin ob (“before, against”) + Medieval Latin pono (“to put”), taking the place of Latin opponere (“to oppose”).

## AI Etymology
Oppose comes from Middle English opposen, from Old French opposer, from Latin ob (“before, against”) + Medieval Latin pono (“to put”), taking the place of Latin opponere (“to oppose”). The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-, Middle English opposen, Old French opposer, Latin ob, la-med pono, and Latin oppono. Modern senses include to disagree with and try to prevent something and to be against or in conflict with something. The wider word family includes derivatives such as opposability, opposable, opposably, opposal, opposee, and opposeless and related forms such as opponent, opposer, opposite, and opposition.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

markdown

oppose

Meanings

Thesaurus

Etymology

Topics

External links

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Send feedback