opposing
15
3.4
- adjective
- /əˈpoʊzɪŋ/
:
contrario
- Even the opposing parties work as one in a time of crisis!
- the opposing side
- an opposing view
- the opposing party
Instead, challenge it with an opposing thought every single day.
- Instead, challenge it with an opposing thought every single day.
- Now that's two opposing thoughts, and yet both of them are true.
- Realizing what could happen, the opposing parties call the truce.
- So you've got these two opposing forces going on right now.
- You can't avoid taking sides, but that other people take similar opposing sides, right?
- so people don't accidentally go into the opposing traffic and cost huge.
- I, I, I also on the opposing side.
- As a quarterback, you never want to get distracted by the opposing offense.
- In the Middle East, in Jerusalem, violent riots broke out opposing Arab and Jewish residents.
- They don't want strong men because that's how opposing gangs do you, do you?
- And also when people are shooting free throws, the they put the opposing teams feed.
- And there and there is no opposing power.
Examples
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Realizing what could happen, the opposing parties call the truce.
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Represented are two opposing world views, theism and naturalism.
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Instead, challenge it with an opposing thought every single day.
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You said you were on opposing sides though?
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First we were on opposing sides and then on the same side.
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But in this case, all of the power was on the opposing side.
Academic text (1993) -
Then the opposing team, that would be you, Carter, you decide whether you want to kick off or receive.
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Four can be from the president's political party; the other three must be of the opposing party.
Academic text (2002) -
For every player on the opposing team the jammer passes, she gets a point.
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The lawyer presented evidence to support his case against the opposing party in the trial.
Synonyms
23
7.4
A situation where people or groups strongly oppose each other
16
6.8
Acting in a hostile way toward someone or something
12
8.4
Directly opposed in beliefs or purpose
5
6.6
Showing disagreement or resistance to someone with power
5
4.3
Moving in the opposite direction
4
5.1
Done to oppose something
1
3.5
Against something or someone in opinion and action
Often disagreeing with others on purpose to be difficult
Directly opposite in idea or purpose
Antonyms
How Opposing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word opposing comes from old Latin parts ob- 'against' and ponere 'to put', and shares the same root as position. So to be opposing is to be 'put against' someone or something, which is why it means being against or in conflict.