opposition

Meaning

Noun

• The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
• An opposite or contrasting position.
• 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.
• A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
• In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
• A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
• The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.

Related

Opposite words

• apposition

Origin

• From Middle English opposicioun, from Old French oposicion (whence French opposition), from Late Latin oppositiō, translating Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις, from the past participle stem of classical Latin oppōnō.