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Meanings of opponent in English
Synonyms
Examples for "opposition"
Examples for "opposition"
1
Members of the opposition, however, said it would further curtail press freedom.
2
Ryan made a similar proposal a year ago and faced strong opposition.
3
Britain is facing opposition from countries like Deutsche Boerse's home state Germany.
4
In Qatar, the main opposition group outside Syria elected a new leader.
5
The opposition Labour Party said the proposals did not go far enough.
1
In Europe, unfortunately, things seem to be going exactly the opposite way.
2
However, as before mentioned, the result was at first almost exactly opposite.
3
In all three cases, public opinion polling pointed to the opposite result.
4
In truth, the opposite is far more likely to be the case.
5
But to know people, you need the opposite method: trust, love, openness.
Spanish
adversario Usage of opponent in English
1
An important rule of combat is that every opponent is taken seriously.
2
This year it's possible to set it for your opponent's team too.
3
There was indeed a good chance that his opponent might actually win.
4
Clearly, every opponent will look to test that area of the court.
5
Use the Wardoff power of the right elbow to meet the opponent.
6
Trump's Democratic opponent will likely be former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
7
I think we just let the opponent come back into the game.
8
And that went on for months, the President said of his opponent.
9
But he lost the popular vote to his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.
10
Duke pushed business interests and GOP leaders into supporting his Democratic opponent.
11
It seems plain that the military authorities in India under-estimated their opponent.
12
The game falls to his opponent, however, after an unfortunate double fault.
13
But Bianca is not backing down, however clearly her opponent outmatches her.
14
The Dolphins are by far the Jets' most frequent season finale opponent.
15
In all her training days, she'd never faced an opponent that large.
16
The president says he does not want Moore's Democratic opponent to win.
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Translations for opponent
Opponent through the time
Opponent across language varieties
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
South Africa
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