1) Action 2) An armed adversary 3) Antagonism 4) Antagonism or hostility 5) Aversion 6) Chess terminology 7) Dislike 8) Doubt 9) Friendly side in a debate 10) French word used in English 11) Hatred 12) Hostility 13) Ill feeling 14) Ill will 15) Minority political party 16) Protest 17) Protestation 18) Resistance
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1) Antipode 2) Antis 3) Antithesis 4) Besieger 5) Competition 6) Contention 7) Contradiction 8) Contradictoriness 9) Contraposition 10) Contrariety 11) Contrast 12) Counteraction 13) Disagreement 14) Discouragement 15) Dissent 16) Dissuasion 17) Enantiomorphism 18) Enemy 19) Foe 20) Foeman 21) Followingphoto
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An action to seize the opponent
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An attack that is made fully in contact with the opponent's blade. The purpose is to control the opponent's blade from the starting point (usually a parry) throughout the attack. This is often used as a counter-offensive technique, especially in
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engagement in one line, and continuing the control with that same line. Also, moving the blade laterally, controlling with the same side of the blade, and the same line of the opponent
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A heavenly body, viewed from Earth, is in opposition when it lies in a direction opposite to that of the Sun
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(anatomical) the action of opposing one part to another; if the pulp of the thumb is placed in contact with the pulp of a finger, the movement, or action, of the thumb is that of opposition
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Best time to observe a planet. The moment a planet far from the sun than Earth appears opposite the sun in the sky.
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• (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. • (n.) Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy. • (n.) The situation of a heavenly bod...
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[Noun] The people who are fighting or playing against someone; the political parties opposed to the government.
Example: Our team is a match for the opposition any day.
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(from the article `United Kingdom`) ...Charles Spencer, earl of Sunderland, now serving as secretary of state. At the same time the heir apparent to the throne, George, prince of Wales, ...
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(from the article `joint`) ...most frequent movement is that in which the thumb swings so that it comes `face to face` with one or another of the fingers, as in grasping a ...
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in astronomy, the circumstance in which two celestial bodies appear in opposite directions in the sky. The Moon, when full, is said to be in ... [3 related articles]
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1. The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance. 'The counterpoise of so great an opposition.' (Shak) 'Virtue which breaks through all opposition.' (Milton) ... 2. The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else. ... 3. Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy...
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A planet is said to be 'in opposition' when it appears opposite the Sun in the sky. For the outer planets, this is generally the closest they come to the Earth, hence when they are most easily visible.
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Configuration in which one celestial body is opposite another in the sky. A planet is in opposition when it is 180 degrees away from the sun as viewed from another planet (such as Earth). For example, Saturn is at opposition when it is directly overhead at midnight on Earth.
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Op`po·si'tion noun [ French, from Latin
oppositio . See
Opposite .]
1. The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance. « The counterpoise of so great an
opposition .»
Shak. « Virtue which breaks through all
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blade movement maintaining constant contact with the opponent's blade
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Creating tension either by pulling a pair of holds that face away from each other or pushing on a pair of holds that face each other.
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blade movement maintaining constant contact with the opponent's blade
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noun a contestant that you are matched against
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noun a body of people united in opposing something
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In astronomy, moment at which a body in the Solar System lies opposite the Sun in the sky as seen from the Earth and crosses the meridian at about midnight. Although the inferior planets cannot come to opposition, it is the best time for observation of the superior planets as they can then be seen al...
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[Literary terms] being against something that you disapprove or disagree with
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[SAT terms] a body of people united against something
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