opposed

opposed
op|posed [ ə`pouzd ] adjective **
1. ) someone who is opposed to something thinks it should not happen or should not be done:
opposed to: He was bitterly opposed to the war.
be opposed to doing something: Some residents were opposed to naming the high school after Martin Luther King.
2. ) things that are opposed are as different from each other as it is possible to be:
two directly opposed concepts
The interests of buyers and sellers are diametrically opposed to each other.
as opposed to
used for referring to something that is very different from what you have just mentioned:
The cost of these airplanes is $3 million, as opposed to the $2 million charged by their competitors.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • opposed — opposed; un·opposed; …   English syllables

  • opposed — index adverse (hostile), antipathetic (oppositional), averse, contradictory, contrary, different …   Law dictionary

  • opposed to — index contra (adverb), contra (preposition) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • opposed — / opposing [adj] antagonistic, against against the grain*, allergic*, anti*, antipathetic, antithetical, antonymous, at cross purposes, at odds, averse, battling, clashing, combating, conflicting, confronting, contrary, controverting, counter,… …   New thesaurus

  • opposed */*/ — UK [əˈpəʊzd] / US [əˈpoʊzd] adjective 1) someone who is opposed to something thinks it should not happen or should not be done opposed to: He was bitterly opposed to the war. be opposed to doing something: Some residents were opposed to naming… …   English dictionary

  • opposed — [[t]əpo͟ʊzd[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ to n/ ing If you are opposed to something, you disagree with it or disapprove of it. I am utterly opposed to any form of terrorism... We are strongly opposed to the presence of America in this region …   English dictionary

  • opposed — op|posed [əˈpəuzd US əˈpouzd] adj [not before noun] 1.) be opposed to sth to disagree with something such as a plan or system ▪ Most of us are opposed to the death penalty. 2.) two ideas that are opposed to each other are completely different… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • opposed — adj. 1 opposed to disagreeing strongly with sth VERBS ▪ be ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ adamantly, bitterly, deeply, fiercely …   Collocations dictionary

  • opposed — adjective (not before noun) 1 two ideas that are opposed to each other are completely different from each other (+ to): The principles of capitalism and socialism are diametrically opposed to each other. 2 as opposed to used to compare two things …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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