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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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One resident who lives two doors away defiantly said he would oppose any plans to redevelop the area.
They oppose it with tint, which is the opposite process of adding white to a colour, to desaturate it.
Then there are those who brim with passion not just for the state-approved quietus, but with fury for those who oppose it.
We oppose any move which would put a profit motive above the educational mission in the public funding of higher education in Scotland.
Residents from Bennekerry and Browneshill were the first to join together to oppose a bypass through the area.
There are food faddists, and quacks in the medical field, and persons who oppose fluoridation of water.

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