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{
"term": "opposed",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "disagreeing strongly with something and trying to stop it",
"sensetop": "opposed to something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was **strongly opposed** to modernism in art.",
"contextForm": "opposed to something"
},
{
"text": "She remained bitterly opposed to the idea of moving abroad."
},
{
"text": "They are totally opposed to abortion."
},
{
"text": "the party most openly opposed to military rule"
},
{
"text": "The majority of the population was either opposed or indifferent."
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "remain"],
"adverb": ["adamantly", "bitterly", "deeply"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "very different from something",
"sensetop": "opposed to something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Our views are **diametrically opposed** on this issue."
},
{
"text": "The two sets of values seemed mutually opposed."
},
{
"text": "His actions seemed directly opposed to the values of the company.",
"contextForm": "opposed to something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "stand"],
"adverb": ["completely", "diametrically", "directly"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to make a contrast between two things",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "200 attended, as opposed to 300 the previous year."
},
{
"text": "This exercise develops suppleness as opposed to *(= rather than)* strength."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈpəʊzd/",
"audio": "op/opposed/opposed__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈpəʊzd/",
"audio": "op/opposed/opposed__us_3.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}