Get to know Opposed better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like opposing or anti.
Opposed meaning
- Acting in opposition; opposing.
- Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed.
- Opposite.
Using Opposed
- The main meaning on this page is: Acting in opposition; opposing. | Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed. | Opposite.
- Useful related words include: opposing, anti, conflicting, unopposed.
- In the example corpus, opposed often appears in combinations such as: opposed to, as opposed, opposed the.
Example sentences (20)
In all, he opposed nominees and procedural votes to bring up their confirmations 15 times; no other Democratic caucus member was opposed more than twice.
Belhumeur isn’t opposed to buying a new fire truck, but he’s opposed to the timing and the manner of the purchase proposal, he said.
Inconsistent with the county, Lacey opposed Propositions 47 and 57, opposed the legalization of marijuana and has remained a defender of capital punishment.
After the war, however, they opposed any U.S. policy that was opposed by Stalin.
Smart beta ETFs offer investors a different look as opposed to the run-of-the-mill passive index strategy and with the latest market volatility, investors may want to reconsider adding more value as opposed to growth in their portfolios.
At the time, Abu Dhar Ghifari, a revolutionary sahaba (companion of the Prophet) opposed Uthman, in much the same way as Muammar Qaddafi consistently opposed the anti-Islamic practices of the House of Saud.
Both sides prefer to attack down the same flank: 45% of Croatia’s attacks have come down their left as opposed to 33% on the right; while 42% of French attacks have come down their right as opposed to 37% on the left.
The experiences our churches have had in Scotland is that those who were opposed, freely remain opposed.
The image also contained a caption: "To be opposed to evil is to be opposed to Islam!
Abstract sensation would be aesthetic as opposed to sensuous sensation and abstract intuition would be symbolic as opposed to fantastic intuition.
He opposed the Taylor "stop-watch" system, which was hailed by shipbuilding managers but opposed by the unions.
Many in Canada opposed an accord, fearing the U.S. would dump it when convenient as it had the 1854 Elgin-Marcy Treaty in 1866, and American farm and fisheries interests were also opposed.
Popper himself is a realist as opposed to an idealist, but a methodological nominalist as opposed to an essentialist.
Since "a cappella" singing brought a new polyphony (more than one note at a time) with instrumental accompaniment, it is not surprising that Protestant reformers who opposed the instruments (such as Calvin and Zwingli) also opposed the polyphony.
While many anarcho-communists are opposed to trade, some post-left and post-scarcity anarcho-communists, and ones with syndicalist sympathies, are not opposed to trade.
A bill to establish the $10billion fund is being put to a parliamentary vote this week but Brisbane-based Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather, who holds the minor party's housing portfolio, is opposed to the program investing money in shares.
Abraham Aiyash, the Democratic floor leader in the chamber, strongly opposed the resolution.
According to OPM officials, these estimated cost savings would generally be an avoidance of future claims costs as opposed to current return of actual dollars.
According to Polish Sports Minister Kamil Bortniczuk, up to 40 countries are opposed to the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus.
According to the poll, 63% of Catholic adults said abortion should be legal in all or most cases, and 68% opposed Roe v. Wade's reversal.
Common combinations with opposed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- opposed to 126×
- as opposed 82×
- opposed the 29×
- are opposed 10×
- was opposed 6×
- also opposed 6×
- he opposed 5×
- and opposed 5×
- opposed by 5×
- were opposed 5×