Verb

• S: (v) oppose (be against; express opposition to) "We oppose the ban on abortion"
• S: (v) fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend (fight against or resist strongly) "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
• S: (v) oppose, counterbalance (contrast with equal weight or force)
• S: (v) pit, oppose, match, play off (set into opposition or rivalry) "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) react, oppose (act against or in opposition to) "She reacts negatively to everything I say"
• S: (v) oppose, controvert, contradict (be resistant to) "The board opposed his motion"