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As opposed to

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Definition

oppose /ǝ'pǝƱz / v ကန္႔ကြက္သည္။ ဆန္႔က်င္သည္။ oppose the building of a new tower block ❍ oppose the motion in a debate ❍ oppose government policy on privatization. ❏ opposed adj ~ (to sth) ၁။ ဆန္႔က်င္ေသာ။ ကန္႔ကြက္ေသာ။ She seems violently opposed to your going abroad. ၂။ ျခားနားေသာ။ ဆန္႔က်င္ေသာ။ Our views are diametrically opposed on this issue. ❏ as opposed to [ IDM ] တစ္ဘာသာစီ၊ တျခားစီျဖစ္လ်က္။ I am here on business as opposed to pleasure. ❏ opposing adj ဆန္႔က်င္ဘက္။ မ်က္ႏွာခ်င္းဆိုင္။ တစ္ဖက္။ opposing views/ factions ❍ an opposing player.

Examples

  1. A group that opposes the death penalty
  2. The French cabinet was unanimous in opposing NATO’s bombing raids.
  3. A merciless tyrant who kills all those who oppose him
  4. There was a major campaign to oppose the building of a nuclear reactor.
  5. [fiercely/vehemently/bitterly etc oppose] : Plans to drill for oil in the Arctic region are fiercely opposed by conservationists.
  6. The motion was opposed by Sir Teddy Taylor MP.