0 to disagree with something or someone, often by speaking or fighting against it, him, or her: --
1 to disagree with something, often by speaking or fighting against it: --
The governor adamantly/vehemently opposes raising taxes.
2 to disagree with something or someone, and speak or take action against them: --
The opposing view- that dialects are organized in a continuum without sharp boundaries- is likewise popular.
Irreconcilable differences between opposing factions soon emerged, sometimes producing a complete breakdown of co-operation.
When the test spot was moved in nonpreferred directions, the selectivity for opposing motion disappeared.
Can children and adults focus on sound as opposed to spelling in a phoneme counting task?
We only know of such behaviour, however, because it was opposed, and because the churchwardens - who were elected - decided to report it.
It is a matter of differing propensities, not opposing methods.
The second source relates to the co-ordinating and organizational dimensions of the factory system, as opposed to craft manufacture.
We suggest that this increased activation reflects the extra visual processing needed for name retrieval, as opposed to object recognition, to take place.
