English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

see|Opposition
English

Etymology
wikipedia
From OF. oposicion (French #French|opposition), from post-classical Latin oppositio (translating Greek �ν�ίθε�ι�), from the past participle stem of classical Latin opponere|opp�nere �to set against�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�p��zɪ��n/
audio|en-us-opposition.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. astronomy The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other.
2. The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
3. An opposite or contrasting position.
4. An opponent in some form of competition.
5. A political party opposed to the party or government in power.
6. law In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.

Antonyms
apposition

Translations
trans-top|astronomy
Finnish: oppositio
German: Opposition f
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|action
Finnish: vastustus, vastarinta
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|opposite
Finnish: vastapuoli
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|opponent
Finnish: t|fi|vastustaja
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|political
Finnish: oppositio
German: Opposition f
trans-mid
Japanese: ��#Japanese|�� (yat�)
trans-bottom

French

Etymology
Post-classical Latin oppositio (translating Greek �ν�ίθε�ι�), from the past participle stem of classical Latin opponere|opp�nere �to set against�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�pozisj��/

Noun
fr-noun|f

1. #English|opposition

Category:Politics

de:opposition
et:opposition
el:opposition
fa:opposition
fr:opposition
ko:opposition
io:opposition
id:opposition
it:opposition
ku:opposition
hu:opposition
pl:opposition
pt:opposition
ru:opposition
simple:opposition
fi:opposition
te:opposition
vi:opposition
tr:opposition
zh:opposition

• 2007-12-22 02:12 - Circeus - Change deprecated template, Replaced: {{fr-noun-reg|f}} → {{fr-noun|f}} [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]]

Full Revision History