opposition

«opposition» in Mova's school dictionary: strong disagreement with a plan or idea, often shown by… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (opposition — uncountable; the Opposition)

meaning for a pupil

1) Opposition is strong disagreement with a plan or idea, often shown by speaking or acting against it. tree →

2) The opposition is the team or player you are playing against. tree →

3) (politics) The Opposition is the parties in parliament that are not in the government, especially the biggest one, which questions and challenges the government. tree →

4) Opposition is being opposite or against something («in opposition to»). tree →

sense in the lessons

In politics lessons in the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the Leader of the Opposition and the Opposition party challenge the Prime Minister. In sport, «the opposition» are the other team. In everyday life, there is opposition to a new rule when many people disagree. In maths and science, opposition is rare as a technical word.

examples

• There was strong opposition to closing the library. tree →
• The opposition scored in the last minute. tree →
• The Leader of the Opposition asked the Prime Minister a question. tree →
• Parents voiced their opposition to the new uniform. tree →
• The Opposition voted against the law. tree →
• Our team beat the opposition easily. tree →
• She spoke in opposition to the plan. tree →
• Such a seemingly extravagant theory, thus roundly asserted, excited much opposition. tree →

note

Mostly uncountable; capital O for the political Opposition in Westminster-style parliaments. Verb: oppose; adjective: opposite, opposed. «In opposition to» = against.

In the corpora

• The opposition is the parties not in government; their job is to challenge it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «opposition» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.