opposition

About 37.35 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The action of opposing or of being in conflict.

   The two politicians are in opposition to the bill.

2. noun An opposite or contrasting position.

   These ideas are in opposition to each other.

3. noun The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
4. noun A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.

   leader of the opposition

5. noun In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
6. noun A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
7. noun The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.

Similar words

oppositeness opposite opponent resistance foeman enemy foe confrontation opposed opposing

Often followed by

to of from in and between was parties is

Word family

Opposition Oppositions oppositional oppositions