(n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
(n.) The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else.
(n.) Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy.
(n.) That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power.
(n.) The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180¡; -- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun.
(n.) The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Zayani reportedly cited the political sensitivity of naturalising Sunni expatriates and wanted to avoid provoking the opposition," the embassy said.
(2) A triphasic pattern was evident for the neck moments including a small phase which represented a seating of the headform on the nodding blocks of the uppermost ATD neck segment, and two larger phases of opposite polarity which represented the motion of the head relative to the trunk during the first 350 ms after impact.
(3) Eye movements which were either complementary or in opposition to the induced vestibular nystagmus were produced with an optokinetic drum.
(4) Enamel was exclusively present opposite well developed dentine.
(5) She knows you can’t force the opposition to submit to your point of view.
(6) Problems associated with school-based clinics include vehement opposition to sex education, financing, and the sheer magnitude of the adolescents' health needs.
(7) Environment groups Environment groups that have strongly backed low-carbon power have barely wavered in their opposition to nuclear in the last decade, although their arguments now are now much about the cost than the danger it might pose.
(8) 10 women in the study developed carcinoma in the same or opposite breast within 16-20 years, a rate of incidence 480% greater than among the general population of women of the same age.
(9) To understand the reason for the opposite effect of the molar ratio observed at the middle of and at four residues away from the lysine-rich sequence, actual cross-linked residue(s) was (were) determined by subjecting cross-linked product to a protein sequencer.
(10) Effective medical or surgical therapy increased DAO activity and decreased CDAI, while clinical recurrence had the opposite effect.
(11) Hfr strains B4 and B8 transfer the Escherichia coli chromosome in opposite directions, each transferring lac(+) as the last known marker.
(12) Others said it might appeal to Russia, Assad's chief ally, which backs talks between the regime and the opposition.
(13) The ruling centre-right coalition government of Angela Merkel was dealt a blow by voters in a critical regional election on Sunday after the centre-left opposition secured a wafer-thin victory, setting the scene for a tension-filled national election in the autumn when everything will be up for grabs.
(14) Application of a mirror at the serosal surface opposite to the probe, resulted in an average increase of the output signal by 50% using the large fibre diameter probe, whereas no increase was observed with the small fibre probe.
(15) Her speech suggested the kind of Republican who would truly "raise the conversation", and if it seems like settling to want an opposition party to simply not be so utterly vindictive, well, yes, I will settle for that.
(16) 2) Left-right PHR coherence spectra had no distinct peaks, indicating that correlations between opposite PHR discharges were now not frequency specific.
(17) What we see from those opposite and we see in this chamber every day is the 'born to rule mentality' of those opposite.
(18) Of those, 39 were civilians, 34 armed opposition fighters and 35 members of the state security forces, said the UK-based group.
(19) Opposition politicians such as Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam and Chee Soon Juan , brought low for daring to disagree.
(20) A property may be considered overcrowded if two children above 10 of the opposite sex have to share the same bedroom.
Tirade
Definition:
(n.) A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language.
Example Sentences:
(1) The clinical tirad of obstructive jaundice, right upper abdominal pain, and a palpable flactuant mass was noted in only two cases but at least one of these symptoms was present in all patients.
(2) Osborne expressed the same sort of sentiments on Thursday, although it appears he used a private breakfast with 30 business leaders to deliver a bit of a pep talk rather than a Heath-style tirade at business ingratitude.
(3) In a 1962 issue of Vogue, Siriol Hugh-Jones, the magazine's former features editor, unleashed a tirade of abuse on that triumvirate of women writers: Iris Murdoch, Muriel Spark and Lessing.
(4) In Dundee, one yes campaigner launched a tirade on Labour’s refusal to endorse independence.
(5) Because when, in 2003, then Guardian City reporter, Ian Griffiths – a qualified accountant – published a challenging analysis of the great man’s finances, he unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade against the reporter and the paper which is still worth reading.
(6) Jilted Generation: How Britain Has Bankrupted Its Youth is a tirade of fury by two twentysomething journalists accusing baby boomers of selfish individualism.
(7) And if you dare challenge a cyclist for riding on a footpath more often than not you are met with a tirade of verbal abuse.
(8) No longer – so the argument went – would English clubs be able to point accusing fingers at Russian and east European sides, whose supporters routinely unleash tirades of racial abuse against “our” black players.
(9) F1: Max Verstappen calls Toro Rosso strategy a ‘joke’ in expletive-laden tirade Read more “The team is in good shape, we know we can up our game and put pressure on these guys.
(10) Farage, who leads a Eurosceptic group of 35 MEPs in Strasbourg, has become a master of the two-minute tirade.
(11) He used a number of accounts to goad his victims when they attempted to block his comments, saying police "would do nothing" about his tirade of abuse.
(12) He is remarkable for his ineptitude.” “I suggest that you know perfectly well how addressing an officer as PC Plod what would have been his reaction.” “You accept a possibility that you said that to him and if you did as I suggest you did, it shows a complete insensitivity to the police providing your protection.” Later, Browne asked him about another incident, when a trip from Kenya to Somalia was delayed and he was said to have launched into a foul-mouthed tirade and “exploded”.
(13) In broadcasting Jade Goody's tirades, Endemol and Channel 4 were not condoning her behaviour, but affording the public the opportunity to evaluate her behaviour alongside that of other housemates and vote to decide who should be allowed to stay in the house.
(14) Donald Trump was accused by the Clinton campaign of “unhinged” behaviour toward a former Miss Universe winner on Friday after he fired off a tirade of personal attacks against her in the middle of the night.
(15) In the last two years, a man dressed as Sesame Street's Cookie Monster was charged with shoving a two-year-old, a person attired in Super Mario's overalls was accused of groping a woman and an Elmo figure pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after unleashing an antisemitic tirade.
(16) Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi gave evidence in his espionage trial for the first time on Sunday, launching into a tirade against his successor, whom he accused of removing him in a coup.
(17) Palmer also appeared on Channel Nine's Today show, where he launched an angry tirade against Murdoch and Thomas, describing Thomas as "like Black Caviar with a broken leg".
(18) Earlier this year the sociologist and author Henrik Dahl launched a tirade against the Danish political left and Thorning-Schmidt in particular.
(19) It continues a tumultuous fortnight for Tomic, who was kicked off Australia’s Davis Cup team for a tirade against Tennis Australia at Wimbledon and was knocked out in the first round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Rhode Island on Monday.
(20) A former UK cabinet minister has said he regrets losing his temper, after being recorded launching an expletive-ridden tirade at a London taxi driver following a visit to Buckingham Palace with his partner, who had just been awarded a CBE.