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# opposing

«opposing» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being against someone or something in a game, fight or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (opposing); verb form (oppose, opposes, opposed, opposing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Being against someone or something in a game, fight or argument (the opposing team). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposing/#m1)

2) Very different or opposite (opposing views). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposing/#m2)

3) (verb form) Being against a plan or idea (they are opposing the new road). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposing/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In sport and PE: the opposing team. In debates: opposing sides, opposing views. In science: opposing forces push in opposite directions. Phrases: the opposing team, opposing views, opposing forces.

### examples

- We beat the opposing team three to one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposing/#x1)
- The two friends had opposing views on pets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposing/#x2)
- Opposing forces of equal size cancel out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposing/#x3)
- Many people are opposing the plan to close the library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposing/#x4)
- Shake hands with the opposing players. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposing/#x5)
- In the debate, each opposing side spoke for five minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposing/#x6)
- Another property he had; his lance would produce a wound equal to those of nine opposing lances. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposing/#x7)

### note

Adjective before a noun; also -ing form of oppose. Related: opposite, opponent, opposition. In science: if two opposing forces are equal, the object does not speed up or slow down; if not, the bigger one wins by the difference.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «opposing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/opposing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.