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What does oppose mean?

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Verb
  1. To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand.
  2. To object to.
  3. To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
  4. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
  5. To compete with; to strive against.
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To my surprise, she told me that she wouldn't oppose my request that Fred be released on his own recognizance.
We oppose any move which would put a profit motive above the educational mission in the public funding of higher education in Scotland.
Then there are those who brim with passion not just for the state-approved quietus, but with fury for those who oppose it.
Chapter organizer Jack Kelly rallied 300 people to oppose the new housing at the Land Use Commission's hearing.
We must oppose any trade rules based on even the most minimalist form of reciprocity in market access.
They oppose it with tint, which is the opposite process of adding white to a colour, to desaturate it.

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