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  • /ˌɑ.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ opposition (plural oppositions) The action of opposing or of being in conflict. The two politicians are in opposition. 2008, BioWare,...
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  • Rhymes: -iːdə(ɹ) leader (plural leaders) Any person who leads or directs. 2012 January, Philip E. Mirowski, “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in...
    20 KB (1,350 words) - 23:12, 9 August 2024
  • Shadow Cabinet (category Terms with Greek translations)
    set about creating his own shadow cabinet. a senior group of opposition politicians who shadow the members of the government Leader of the Opposition...
    2 KB (88 words) - 12:41, 16 May 2024
  • party leader of the opposition announced that they will submit a motion. De stemmen van de oppositie waren unaniem tegen het besluit. The votes of the parliamentary...
    2 KB (217 words) - 23:16, 2 June 2024
  • oppose (category Requests for review of Arabic translations)
    argue Many religious leaders oppose cloning humans. To present or set up in opposition; to pose. They are opposed to any form of hierarchy. 1689 December...
    7 KB (560 words) - 13:08, 25 June 2024
  • courtesan (category Terms with Greek translations)
    unguarded pursuit by the leaders of the British aristocracy, the army, the government and opposition made her the most desired, and then the most dangerous...
    5 KB (246 words) - 15:27, 2 June 2024
  • political (category Requests for review of French translations)
    “Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 87: In an era when political leaders promise deliverance...
    10 KB (654 words) - 23:01, 18 August 2024
  • rigged (category Requests for translations into Greek)
    the opposition as the most rigged contest in the four decades since the Sandinista leader first came to power. 2019 August 25, Greg Weiner, “The Shallow...
    4 KB (272 words) - 12:38, 23 July 2024
  • majority (category Requests for review of Hindi translations)
    the ruling party and the opposition; (UK) in an election, the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the second-place candidate. The ruling...
    9 KB (708 words) - 22:30, 18 August 2024
  • askance (category Word of the day archive)
    1932, Clark Ashton Smith, The Maker of Gargoyles: The scandal of opposition died down, and the stone-carver himself, though the town-folk continued to eye...
    6 KB (463 words) - 15:43, 3 June 2024
  • novichok (category Terms with Greek translations)
    novichok will catch up with Prigozhin,” a reference to the 2020 poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. foliant (CIA codename) nerve agent Novichok...
    3 KB (255 words) - 23:08, 23 August 2023
  • research (category Requests for review of Interlingua translations)
    an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is...
    13 KB (690 words) - 11:47, 17 July 2024
  • alone (category Requests for review of Haitian Creole translations)
    deploying the power of the state and a battery of instruments of intimidation to crush dissent, demonise opposition, tame the media and tailor the system...
    17 KB (1,210 words) - 21:40, 24 July 2024
  • Holodomor (category Terms with Greek translations)
    Guardian‎[1]: The resolution, which will be jointly brought to the vote next week by the three governing parties and conservative opposition leaders, will describe...
    6 KB (530 words) - 23:42, 17 March 2024
  • mob (category Requests for review of Dutch translations)
    more”, in the Guardian‎[2]: Politicians have been turning up to Glastonbury for years, but this year the leader of the opposition was among the most hotly...
    11 KB (876 words) - 13:08, 2 June 2024
  • take aback (category Terms with Greek translations)
    reassured) at how opposition has, if anything, grown rather than faded over time. (nautical, usually passive) Of a ship: to catch it with the sails aback suddenly...
    6 KB (535 words) - 18:03, 2 June 2024
  • counter (category Terms with Greek translations)
    [darts] they never throw counter, but at the back of the flyer See also Thesaurus:contrarily contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction counter (plural...
    20 KB (1,767 words) - 18:13, 10 August 2024
  • labour (category Terms with Greek translations)
    wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden. 1726, George Granville, Love: the stone that labours up the hill 1711 May, [Alexander Pope]...
    17 KB (1,144 words) - 01:29, 19 August 2024
  • table (category Word of the day archive)
    motion of confidence in the government, backed by other opposition leaders, which MPs would vote on on Wednesday. (chiefly US) To remove from the agenda...
    36 KB (2,424 words) - 15:04, 11 August 2024
  • putative (category Word of the day archive)
    Publishers: Paralleling this extension of government control was the development of a formally constituted opposition […] In some cases a former Prime Minister...
    13 KB (1,361 words) - 02:37, 19 August 2024
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