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opposition | thereagain |

As a noun opposition

is the action of opposing or of being in conflict.

As an adverb thereagain is

in opposition to it; against one's course.

opposition

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
  • An opposite or contrasting position.
  • An opponent in some form of competition.
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  • , title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition .}}
  • (astronomy) 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.
  • (senseid)(politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
  • (legal) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
  • (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
  • Antonyms

    * apposition

    thereagain

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (obsolete) In opposition to it; against one's course.
  • * 14th c , '', 1870, D. Laing Purves (editor), ''The Canterbury Tales and Faerie Queene, with Other Poems of Chaucer and Spenser , page 85,
  • Withoutë him[God] we have no might, certain, / If that him list to standë thereagain .
  • * Anonymous, , Editor and edition date (post 1970) not identified, W. W. Norton, page 9,
  • A, Lord, my heart riseth thereagain : / I find it not in my heart to smite.

    Synonyms

    * thereagainst

    Derived terms

    * there again (Webster 1913)