OPPOSED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does opposed mean? 

• OPPOSED (adjective)
  The adjective OPPOSED has 1 sense:

1. being in opposition or having an opponent

  Familiarity information: OPPOSED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPPOSED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being in opposition or having an opponent

Context example:

two bitterly opposed schools of thought

Similar:

conflicting (on bad terms)

Antonym:

unopposed (not having opposition or an opponent)

 Context examples 

But in this he was eagerly opposed by his wife, with "Oh! no, indeed, Charles, I cannot bear to have you go away. Only think if anything should happen?"

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

One involves warrior Mars directly opposed to unpredictable Uranus, a volatile aspect where tempers (yours and others’) could easily flare.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

When used in the phrase "physiologic age," it refers to an age assigned by general health, as opposed to calendar age.

(Physiologic, NCI Dictionary)

But this was immediately opposed by Tom Bertram, who asserted the part of Amelia to be in every respect the property of Miss Crawford, if she would accept it.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

It is for diseases of the peripheral as opposed to the cardiac circulation.

(Peripheral Vascular Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This issue is restricted to happening at the location where the device is used as opposed to during manufacturer or shipping.

(Cleaning Disinfecting or Sterilization Problem during Medical Device Use, Food and Drug Administration)

As I recall our being opposed thus, face to face, I seem again to hear my heart beat fast and high.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

This is the first recorded trembling that appears to have come from inside the planet, as opposed to being caused by forces above the surface, such as wind.

(NASA's InSight Detects First Likely 'Quake' on Mars, NASA)

Activation of Fas-mediated apoptosis is opposed by I-FLICE and FAP.

(Fas Signaling Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

It was an encouragement of vice; and had I been the rector of Longbourn, I should very strenuously have opposed it.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)