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noun
- The act of objecting.
- the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
- the speech act of objecting
- A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).
- (law) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
- (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality
intj
verb
- act in opposition to
- destroy property or hinder normal operations
- oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
- oppose or check by a counteraction
- (transitive) To deliberately act in opposition to, to thwart or frustrate.
- (transitive) To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on someone or something.
noun
verb
- To object to.
- act against or in opposition to
- be against; express opposition to
- To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
- To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
- To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
- be resistant to
- contrast with equal weight or force
- set into opposition or rivalry
- fight against or resist strongly
verb
- To object to.
- (intransitive) To make a strong objection.
- express opposition through action or words
- To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
- (law, transitive) to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
- (transitive) To affirm (something).
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To publicly demonstrate against.
- utter words of protest
- affirm or avow formally or solemnly
noun
- the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval
- a formal and solemn declaration of objection
- The noting by a notary public of an unpaid or unaccepted bill.
- A written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc.
- A formal objection, especially one by a group.
- A collective gesture of disapproval; a demonstration.
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
noun
- the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
- a direction opposite to another
- a body of people united in opposing something
- the relation between opposed entities
- a contestant that you are matched against
- the act of hostile groups opposing each other
- an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
- The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
- (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
- (politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
- (logic) The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.
- An opposite or contrasting position.
- (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
- (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
noun
- the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
- the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
- the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
- (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
- (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
- the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
- a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
- group action in opposition to those in power
- a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
- any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
- (physics) Electrical resistance.
- (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
- The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
- An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
verb
- act against or in opposition to
- undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions
- show a response or a reaction to something
- (chemistry, intransitive) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
- (chemistry, transitive) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
- (physics, intransitive) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force
- (Internet, intransitive) To post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message).
- (intransitive) To act in response.
noun
intj
adv
- At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
- (colloquial) Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely).
- Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.
- not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; not ever; at no time in the past or future
verb
prep
- In opposition to.
- In front of; before (a background).
- In physical opposition to; in collision with.
- As protection from.
- (Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
- In contrast or comparison with.
- As a charge on.
- In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
- In competition with, versus.
- Contrary to; in conflict with.
- In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
- As counterbalance to.
- Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
- In exchange for.
- Close to, alongside.
- In a contrary direction to.
prefix
verb
- To go against, resist; oppose.
- (transitive) To make helpless due to emotion.
- (intransitive, figurative) To lose vigour or power; to languish; to waste away; to pass away.
- (intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.
- (intransitive) To become helpless due to emotion.
- (transitive) To cause to shrivel or dry up.
- wither, as with a loss of moisture
- lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
noun
noun
- Objection.
- Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand.
- A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
- An addiction, other substance use disorder, or comparable psychological challenge.
- A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
- A puzzling circumstance.
- (climbing) A set of moves required to complete a climb.
- a source of difficulty
- a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
- a question raised for consideration or solution
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.
- express opposition through action or words
- (transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
- (transitive) To withstand the actions of.
- withstand the force of something
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- refuse to comply
- elude, especially in a baffling way
- stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
noun
verb
- To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
- (carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
- (transitive) To travel across, to go through, to pass through, particularly under difficult conditions.
- (law) To deny formally.
- (climbing) To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
- (intransitive, fencing) To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
- (transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
- To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
- (weaponry) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
- To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
- (engineering, skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
- deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- travel across or pass over
adj
adv
noun
- (climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
- (nautical) A traverse board.
- (military) In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
- (nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
- (geometry) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
- Something that thwarts or obstructs.
- (architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
- (surveying) A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
- (law) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
- a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
- travel across
- a horizontal beam that extends across something
- taking a zigzag path on skis
intj
- A protest or reprimand.
- A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.
- Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.
- An expression of surprise.
- An exclamation to get attention.
- A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion.
- An informal greeting, similar to hi.
noun
verb
verb
- to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
- to strive or contend about; to contest
- (intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
- (transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
- have a disagreement over something
- take exception to
noun
verb
- To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
- To stop short and refuse to go on.
- To stop, check, block; to hinder, impede.
- To leave or make balks in.
- (intransitive, sports) To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
- To disappoint; to frustrate.
- To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
- To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
- To refuse suddenly.
- refuse to comply
noun
- A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
- A sudden and obstinate stop.
- (fishing) The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
- (archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
- (baseball) An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
- Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
- (billiards) The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.
- (UK dialectal) A small brass ornament fixed at the top of a wand.
- (agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
- (snooker) The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
- (badminton) A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
- an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
- one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
- the area on a billiard table behind the balkline
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
adj
noun
prep
verb
- To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.
- To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
- To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking.
- recite in elocution
- speak against in an impassioned manner
adj
- marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
- Turned aside while against something, splitting off from a thing.
- Wayward; vexing; contrary.
- Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted.
- (law, of a verdict) Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.
- Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable.
verb
adj
adv
noun
- The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
- A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
- (typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
- The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
- (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- counterattack
- In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
- A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
- (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
- (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
- (martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
- (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
- (Internet) A hit counter.
- One who counts.
- (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
- game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
- table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
- a person who counts things
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
adv
noun
- a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
- an argument opposed to a proposal
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- (abbreviation) A political conservative.
- Alternative form of conn (“navigational direction of a ship”).
- (business, marketing) Abbreviation of consolidation: only used in naming.
- (informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
- (informal) The conversion of part of a building.
- (informal) An organized gathering, such as a convention, conference, or congress.
- (slang) A convicted criminal, a convict.
- A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
verb
adj
noun
noun
- An objection.
- That which cannot be easily understood or believed.
- The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
- (sometimes in the plural) Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning
- An awkward situation or quarrel.
- An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
- the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
- an effort that is inconvenient
verb
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
- (law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
- (ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- (ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- (ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
- (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- react to a stimulus or command
- understand the meaning of
- give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- give the correct answer or solution to
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- respond to a signal
- match or correspond
- be liable or accountable
- react verbally
noun
- A solution to a problem.
- (law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
- (after a possessive, with to) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
- A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- the speech act of replying to a question
- the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- a nonverbal reaction
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
noun
- Opposition; thwarting.
- A voyage across a body of water.
- (Philippines) Ellipsis of pedestrian crossing.
- Cross-breeding.
- (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.
- An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
- (graph theory) A pair of intersecting edges.
- A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque.
- Movement into a crossed position.
- The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
- A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
- (sociolinguistics) The appropriation of a form of language by somebody who is not a member of the group that speaks it.
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
- traveling across
- a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
- a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
- a junction where one street or road crosses another
adj
verb
adj
- Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.
- That is diametrically opposed to something.
- Mutually exclusive.
- That contradicts something, such as an argument.
- That is itself a contradiction.
- of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false
- unable for both to exist or be true at the same time
- in disagreement
- that confounds or contradicts or confuses
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To object with in critical fashion; to express disapproval (with, against).
- argue in protest or opposition
- (transitive, often with an object consisting of direct speech or a clause beginning with that) To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval.
- (intransitive, chiefly historical) Specifically, to lodge an official objection (especially by means of a remonstrance) with a monarch or other ruling body.
- To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.
- censure severely or angrily
- present and urge reasons in opposition
verb
- (transitive) To call into question; to oppose.
- (transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
- (law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.
- (intransitive) To contend.
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
noun
noun
- The act of disputing; a dispute or argument.
- A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other over a belief or proposition.
- the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
prefix
- Moving or acting against, opposing, contrary.
- Alternate, different.
- Perpendicular in angle; transverse.
- (figurative) Moving from one track or state to another.
- Located in between. Often, but not necessarily, forming an H-shaped structure.
- Involving two or more at the same time; coincident.
- Comparing two sources of information, often to verify their contents.
- Moving from one side to the other; across.
- Shaped like a cross or X; crossing lines.
- On the opposite side of.
- To combine two entities to create a hybrid.
- More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate.
- Mutual exchange or influence, where both entities are affected in the same way. Mutuality.
- One entity affecting a similar entity, such as to transfer of one property from one entity to the other.
prep
- Against; in opposition to.
- (music) Mashed up with.
- Compared with, as opposed to.
- (law) Bringing a legal action against, as used in the title of a court case in which the first party indicates the plaintiff (or appellant or the like), and the second indicates the defendant (or respondent or the like).
- Interacting with, especially to record reactions
verb
verb
noun
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
- (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority
- a difference of opinion
- Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
- An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
- (sports) A violation that arises when disagreement with an official call is expressed in an inappropriate manner such as foul language, rude gestures, or failure to comply.
- (Anglo-American common law) A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case
noun
- The act of objecting.
- the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
- the speech act of objecting
- A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).
- (law) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
- (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality
intj
noun
- the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
- a direction opposite to another
- a body of people united in opposing something
- the relation between opposed entities
- a contestant that you are matched against
- the act of hostile groups opposing each other
- an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
- The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
- (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
- (politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
- (logic) The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.
- An opposite or contrasting position.
- (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
- (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
noun
- the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
- the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
- the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
- (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
- (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
- the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
- a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
- group action in opposition to those in power
- a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
- any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
- (physics) Electrical resistance.
- (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
- The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
- An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
noun
- Objection.
- Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand.
- A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
- An addiction, other substance use disorder, or comparable psychological challenge.
- A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
- A puzzling circumstance.
- (climbing) A set of moves required to complete a climb.
- a source of difficulty
- a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
- a question raised for consideration or solution
adj
verb
- To object to.
- (intransitive) To make a strong objection.
- express opposition through action or words
- To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
- (law, transitive) to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
- (transitive) To affirm (something).
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To publicly demonstrate against.
- utter words of protest
- affirm or avow formally or solemnly
noun
- the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval
- a formal and solemn declaration of objection
- The noting by a notary public of an unpaid or unaccepted bill.
- A written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc.
- A formal objection, especially one by a group.
- A collective gesture of disapproval; a demonstration.
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
noun
noun
- An objection.
- That which cannot be easily understood or believed.
- The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
- (sometimes in the plural) Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning
- An awkward situation or quarrel.
- An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
- the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
- an effort that is inconvenient
noun
- Opposition; thwarting.
- A voyage across a body of water.
- (Philippines) Ellipsis of pedestrian crossing.
- Cross-breeding.
- (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.
- An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
- (graph theory) A pair of intersecting edges.
- A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque.
- Movement into a crossed position.
- The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
- A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
- (sociolinguistics) The appropriation of a form of language by somebody who is not a member of the group that speaks it.
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
- traveling across
- a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
- a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
- a junction where one street or road crosses another
adj
verb
noun
- The act of disputing; a dispute or argument.
- A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other over a belief or proposition.
- the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
verb
- act in opposition to
- destroy property or hinder normal operations
- oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
- oppose or check by a counteraction
- (transitive) To deliberately act in opposition to, to thwart or frustrate.
- (transitive) To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on someone or something.
noun
verb
- To object to.
- act against or in opposition to
- be against; express opposition to
- To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
- To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
- To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
- be resistant to
- contrast with equal weight or force
- set into opposition or rivalry
- fight against or resist strongly
verb
- To object to.
- (intransitive) To make a strong objection.
- express opposition through action or words
- To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
- (law, transitive) to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
- (transitive) To affirm (something).
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To publicly demonstrate against.
- utter words of protest
- affirm or avow formally or solemnly
noun
- the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval
- a formal and solemn declaration of objection
- The noting by a notary public of an unpaid or unaccepted bill.
- A written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc.
- A formal objection, especially one by a group.
- A collective gesture of disapproval; a demonstration.
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
verb
- act against or in opposition to
- undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions
- show a response or a reaction to something
- (chemistry, intransitive) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
- (chemistry, transitive) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.
- (physics, intransitive) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force
- (Internet, intransitive) To post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message).
- (intransitive) To act in response.
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- To go against, resist; oppose.
- (transitive) To make helpless due to emotion.
- (intransitive, figurative) To lose vigour or power; to languish; to waste away; to pass away.
- (intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.
- (intransitive) To become helpless due to emotion.
- (transitive) To cause to shrivel or dry up.
- wither, as with a loss of moisture
- lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
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- (intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.
- express opposition through action or words
- (transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
- (transitive) To withstand the actions of.
- withstand the force of something
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- refuse to comply
- elude, especially in a baffling way
- stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
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- To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
- (carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
- (transitive) To travel across, to go through, to pass through, particularly under difficult conditions.
- (law) To deny formally.
- (climbing) To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
- (intransitive, fencing) To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
- (transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
- To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
- (weaponry) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
- To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
- (engineering, skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
- deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- to cover or extend over an area or time period
- travel across or pass over
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- (climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
- (nautical) A traverse board.
- (military) In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
- (nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
- (geometry) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
- Something that thwarts or obstructs.
- (architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
- (surveying) A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
- (law) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
- a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
- travel across
- a horizontal beam that extends across something
- taking a zigzag path on skis
verb
- to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
- to strive or contend about; to contest
- (intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
- (transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
- have a disagreement over something
- take exception to
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- To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
- To stop short and refuse to go on.
- To stop, check, block; to hinder, impede.
- To leave or make balks in.
- (intransitive, sports) To make a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
- To disappoint; to frustrate.
- To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
- To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
- To refuse suddenly.
- refuse to comply
noun
- A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
- A sudden and obstinate stop.
- (fishing) The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
- (archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
- (baseball) An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.
- Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
- (billiards) The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.
- (UK dialectal) A small brass ornament fixed at the top of a wand.
- (agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
- (snooker) The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.
- (badminton) A motion used to deceive the opponent during a serve.
- an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
- one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
- the area on a billiard table behind the balkline
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
verb
- To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.
- To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
- To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking.
- recite in elocution
- speak against in an impassioned manner
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- The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted.
- A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
- (typography) The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
- The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
- (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- counterattack
- In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
- A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
- (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
- (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
- (martial arts) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
- (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
- (Internet) A hit counter.
- One who counts.
- (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
- game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
- table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
- a person who counts things
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
verb
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
- (law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
- (ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- (ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- (ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
- (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- react to a stimulus or command
- understand the meaning of
- give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- give the correct answer or solution to
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- respond to a signal
- match or correspond
- be liable or accountable
- react verbally
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- A solution to a problem.
- (law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
- (after a possessive, with to) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
- A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- the speech act of replying to a question
- the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- a nonverbal reaction
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
verb
- (intransitive) To object with in critical fashion; to express disapproval (with, against).
- argue in protest or opposition
- (transitive, often with an object consisting of direct speech or a clause beginning with that) To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval.
- (intransitive, chiefly historical) Specifically, to lodge an official objection (especially by means of a remonstrance) with a monarch or other ruling body.
- To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.
- censure severely or angrily
- present and urge reasons in opposition
verb
- (transitive) To call into question; to oppose.
- (transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
- (law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.
- (intransitive) To contend.
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
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noun
- the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
- (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority
- a difference of opinion
- Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
- An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
- (sports) A violation that arises when disagreement with an official call is expressed in an inappropriate manner such as foul language, rude gestures, or failure to comply.
- (Anglo-American common law) A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case
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- a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
- an argument opposed to a proposal
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- (abbreviation) A political conservative.
- Alternative form of conn (“navigational direction of a ship”).
- (business, marketing) Abbreviation of consolidation: only used in naming.
- (informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
- (informal) The conversion of part of a building.
- (informal) An organized gathering, such as a convention, conference, or congress.
- (slang) A convicted criminal, a convict.
- A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
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- marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
- Turned aside while against something, splitting off from a thing.
- Wayward; vexing; contrary.
- Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted.
- (law, of a verdict) Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.
- Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable.
adj
- Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.
- That is diametrically opposed to something.
- Mutually exclusive.
- That contradicts something, such as an argument.
- That is itself a contradiction.
- of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true and both cannot be false
- unable for both to exist or be true at the same time
- in disagreement
- that confounds or contradicts or confuses