• (RP) IPA: /əˈpəʊz/
• (America) IPA: /əˈpoʊz/, [ʔəpʰoʊːz̥]

oppose (opposes, present participle opposing; past and past participle opposed)

1. To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.

   Synonyms: confront, withstand, resist, hinder, obstruct, buck

   to oppose the king in battle

   to oppose a bill in Congress

   There is still time to oppose this plan.

   • 1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene iv]:

     I am […] too weak / To oppose your cunning.

2. To object to.

   Synonyms: take issue with, speak out, contest, repugn, argue

   Many religious leaders oppose cloning humans.

3. To present or set up in opposition; to pose.

   They are opposed to any form of hierarchy.

   • 1689 December (indicated as 1690)​, [John Locke], Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], OCLC 83985187 ↗:

     , Book I

     I may […] oppose my single opinion to his.

4. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
   • 1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene i]:

     Her grace sat down […] / In a rich chair of state; opposing freely / The beauty of her person to the people.

• be against, fight (against), check, bar, block, prevent, take on, counter, contest, resist, confront, face, combat, defy, thwart, contradict, withstand, stand up to, hinder, struggle against, obstruct, fly in the face of, take issue with, be hostile to, counterattack, speak out against, be in opposition to, be in defiance of, strive against, set one's face against, take a stand, make a stand against

• support

• opponent
• opposer
• opposite
• opposition

• French: s'opposer à
• German: ablehnen
• Italian: opporre
• Portuguese: opor
• Russian: препя́тствовать
• Spanish: oponer

• German: widersprechen
• Portuguese: opor
• Russian: возража́ть
• Spanish: oponer

• Russian: противопоставить

• Russian: противопоставить