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opposition

/ɒpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/

US pronunciation
American sound/ɒpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/
ɒpəˈzɪʃən
Syllables
4 syllables
Stress
3rd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final -tion sounds like shun

ɒpə - ˈzɪʃən -> opposition

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဆန့်ကျင်ခြင်း။ အတိုက်အခံပြုခြင်း။

Full entry

opposition /ɒpǝ'zÇʃn / n

၁။ [U] ~ (to sb/sth) ဆန့်ကျင်ခြင်း။ အတိုက်အခံပြုခြင်း။ ခုခံခြင်း။ Delegates expressed strong opposition to the scheme. ❍ The army came up against/met (with) fierce opposition in every town.
၂။ the opposition [Gp] ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ဘက်။ ပြိုင်ဘက်။ ယှဉ်ဘက်။ The opposition is/are mounting a strong challenge to our business.
၃။ the Opposition [Gp] (politics esp Brit ) အတိုက်အခံပါတီ။ the leader of the Opposition ❍ Opposition MPs ❍ We need an effective Opposition.
၄။ [U,C] (fml ) ခြားနားချက်။ ဝိရောဓိ။ the opposition between the sacred and the profane.
❏ in opposition (to sb/sth) [IDM ]
၁။ ဆန့်ကျင်လျက်။ သဘောထားကွဲလွဲလျက်။ We found ourselves in opposition to several colleagues on this issue.
၂။ အတိုက်အခံ ပါတီအဖြစ်။ The Conservative Party was in opposition for the first time in years.
❏ oppositional /-ʃǝnl / adj (fml ) အတိုက်အခံ။ oppositional tactics.

More examples
  • [opposition to] : Public opposition to the military government is growing.
  • [in opposition to something] : Local residents have come out in opposition to the planned closure.
  • [strong/considerable/fierce etc opposition] : The bill faces strong opposition from the fox-hunting lobby.
  • The opposition scored a goal in the last seconds of the game.
  • The opposition’s tax plans
  • The three main opposition parties united to boycott the election.
  • [opposition between] : The opposition between practical and poetic language
Synonyms
resistance, antagonism, hostility, disagreement, conflict, unfriendliness, action, adversary, antagonist, antinomy, antithesis, aversion, brush, challenger, civil disobedience, clash, combat, competition, competitor, con, confronting, contention, contest, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, counteraction, counterattack, defense, defiance, disapproval, disputant, duel, encounter, enemy, engagement, foe, fray, grapple, iconoclast, negativism, obstruction, obstructiveness, opponent, opposure, oppugnancy, other side, people competing, person, prevention, rebel, repugnance, repulsion, rival, rivalry, skirmish, strife, struggle, violation, war, warfare
Antonyms
accord, affection, agreement, ally, associate, calm, compatibility, friend, friendliness, harmony, helper, kindness, liking, love, obedience, peace, retreat, supporter, surrender, sympathy, team, teammates, yielding
Cross references
resistanceantagonismhostilitydisagreementconflictunfriendlinessactionadversaryantagonistantinomyantithesisaversionbrushchallengercivil disobedienceclashcombatcompetitioncompetitorconconfrontingcontentioncontestcontradistinctioncontrapositioncontrarietycounteractioncounterattack
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