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Opposing
- verb - act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say"
- be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion"
- be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"
- characterized by active hostility; "opponent (or opposing) armies"
- contrast with equal weight or force
- fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
- set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
Opposite
- adjective - a contestant that you are matched against
- a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"
- a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'"
- altogether different in nature or quality or significance; "the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended"; "it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest"- Charles Reade
- being directly across from each other; facing; "And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm"- Longfellow; "we lived on opposite sides of the street"; "at opposite poles"
- characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and indefensible polar positions"
- directly facing each other; "
Oppugned
- verb - challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter"
- question, dispute
Oppugner
- - One who opposes or attacks; that which opposes.
Opsimath
- unknown - A person who learns late in life.
Opsonins
- noun - an antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
Opsonize
- verb - make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
Optation
- - The act of optating; a wish.
Optative
- adjective - a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
- indicating an option or wish
- relating to a mood of verbs in some languages; "optative verb endings"