opposedadj.

Brit.

/əˈpəʊzd/, U.S.

/əˈpoʊzd/

Forms: see oppose v. and -ed suffix¹; also 1800s oppozd (U.S., nonstandard), 1800s oppozed (U.S., nonstandard).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oppose v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < oppose v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French opposé (1549 in sense 3a).See also etymological note at opposite n., adj., adv., and prep. on Older Scots forms at that entry. Compare also the following, cited in N.E.D. (1903) at sense 3a:1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Opposed, oppositus.

1. Of two or more things, concepts, etc.: contrasting or conflicting with each other; = opposite n. 2a.For predicative use see oppose v. 5b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective] > opposite or opposed

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reversedc1390

contrary1413

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inverted1563

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averse1623

diagonial1624

contrarying1628

diametrala1631

conversive1636

Antipodian1640

converted1640

exadverse1647

Antarctic1651

Antipodean1651

antipodal1664

in reverse1694

contradictory1736

converse1794

antithesistic1801

contravening1802

diametric1802

reverse1828

polar1832

antipodist1844

antithetic1864

other-sided1879

antipodic1881

a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 48 (MED) A man is componed of opposed elementes.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 750 Fashioning our humours Euen to the opposed ende of our ententes.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ix. 61 To offend and iudge are distinct offices, And of opposed natures.

1664 H. King Poems, Elegies, Pardoxes & Sonets 143 Thus are his sins scourg'd in opposed themes, And luxuries reveng'd by their extremes.

a1791 F. Hopkinson Misc. Ess. & Occas. Writings (1792) I. 234 He'll..prove that words in sense may vary, And two opposed meanings carry.

a1824 J. Taylor in I. Taylor Mem. Jane Taylor (1825) II. 31 When thus opposed extremes unite, The aggregate will just be right.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 129 They had different national characters as strongly opposed as any two national characters in Europe.

1874 J. Morley On Compromise 83 The growth of self-government, or government by deliberative bodies, representing opposed principles and conflicting interests.

1901 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 476/1 The opposed views of Nativism and Empiricism.

1964 R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics iv. 157 Opposed acoustic features: vocalic, non-vocalic.

1993 Sci. Amer. Feb. 12/2 Two programs—and two almost diametrically opposed viewpoints embodied in them—are competing for acceptance.

2. Of a person, group, etc.

a. In conflict or disagreement with, hostile to (formerly also †against) another person, group, etc. Also (of two or more people or groups): in conflict or disagreement with each other.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > [adjective]

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unholdc900

fremda1000

foeOE

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onwardOE

fiendlyc1050

witherc1175

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enemyfula1382

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affrontous1598

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inimicous1598

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infensea1641

inimicitious1641

inimicitial1656

inimical1678

inamicable1683

indisposed1702

uneasy1725

hostile1791

adversarial1839

chilly1841

the mind > emotion > hatred > state of variance or disunion > [adjective]

unsaughtc1100

unsomec1275

in variancec1465

at variance1528

at variancea1535

opposed1584

at (or at the, on the) outs1824

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiii. xxx. 338 Laie a wager with your confederate (who must seeme simple, or obstinatlie opposed against you).

1615 W. Bedwell tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ iii. §101 An opposed aduersary to God.

1739 R. Glover London 29 (note) It is not easy to conceive, how the united force of the whole world could..subsist in an enemy's country greater numbers, than they would find opposed to them here.

1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 6 Common zeal for faith could alone bring together those who were opposed.

1894 19th Cent. Apr. 633 (note) [History] tells only of the conflict of opposed multeities of men with organisation of each multeity for its hostile purpose.

1901 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 May 6/2 Patterson declared that Philbrook..was crazy over the idea that everybody opposed to him was dishonest.

1969 TV Times (Brisbane) 4 June 6/1 I am opposed to the Vietniks who want us to get out.

1994 Independent on Sunday 2 Oct. 23/3 He was strongly opposed to Benn and the hard left, but he was not a Healeyite right-winger either.

b. Adverse or hostile to a measure, idea, practice, system, etc. Also: unwilling or reluctant to do something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective]

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contraryinga1340

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overthwartc1384

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contrariantc1400

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repugnantc1443

thwarting1530

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haggard1578

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kim-kam1582

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adversative1595

counter1596

opposing1597

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thwart1601

aversed1609

aversive1609

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averse1623

antipathousa1625

inimicitious1641

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negative1642

gainstanding1674

antithetic1753

opposed1784

oppositional1829

transversive1855

oppositionary1905

1784 T. Jefferson Let. 16 Apr. xxv. 791 The objections of those who are opposed to the institution shall be briefly sketched.

1807 J. Marshall Life G. Washington V. iii. 206 Several members were in favour of this motion; but others..were opposed to receding from the ground already taken.

1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. iv. 134 The sense of the nation was strongly opposed to the prolongation of the war.

1874 J. H. Newman Lett. (1891) I. 151 He was especially opposed to young men being compelled..to go terminally to communion.

1907 Sat. Rev. 20 Apr. 486/1 We are by no means opposed to prospectusless companies.

1944 W. S. Churchill Second World War (1952) V. 616 The departmental view is no doubt opposed to long tenures and the doctrine of ‘Buggin's turn’ is very powerful.

1992 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. 27 Mar. 12/7 A range of policies to which it [sc. the academic profession] is very much opposed.

a. Placed against; facing; = opposite n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adjective]

contraryc1384

oppositec1392

contrariousc1400

contradictorious?a1475

objecta1542

overthwart1555

oppositive1578

opposed1598

opposing1609

adverse1623

obversea1656

counter-placed1678

opponent1728

counter1842

subtending1860

abapical1866

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 106 Gelding the opposed continent as much as on the other side it takes from you.

1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad x. cxxxix. 221 See there another World, which from the North Extends it self to the opposed Pole.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 660 The gate oppos'd pellucid valves adorn.

1790 W. Sotheby Poems 7 There the opposed Mount Eastern of craggy Skirid, sacred soil, Oft trod by pilgrim feet.

1827 H. Ellis tr. Rep. to Venetian Senate in Orig. Lett. 2nd Ser. II. 218 The Island of England..is situated in the Ocean..opposed on the east to the coast of Lower Germany.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species vii. 229 Portions of a rhombic plate had been left between the opposed basins.

1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche i. xxvi. 11 High in the opposèd west the wondering moon All silvery green in flying green was fleeced.

1956 Jrnl. Bone & Joint Surg. 38B 903 A short slender cylinder of wood may be gripped as securely between the tips of the opposed digits as between the flexed fingers and the palm.

1991 Power Sept. 33/1 Exhaust from two fluidized-bed combustors (FBC) in an opposed arrangement feeds a Benson-type boiler.

b. Mechanics. Of pistons: arranged in pairs moving in opposite directions along the same straight line; (of an engine or its cylinders) having pistons so arranged.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [adjective] > powered by piston engine > type of piston engine

opposed1910

turbo-compound1954

1910 W. A. Tookey tr. R. E. Mathot Constr. & Working Internal Combustion Eng. v. 71 In Europe, the two-cylinder ‘twin’ engine soon displaced the type with opposed or vis-à-vis cylinders.

1925 A. W. Judge Automobile Engines iii. 87 Although the balance and torque of the opposed two-cylinder engine are excellent, the overall length and the cylinder dimensions limit it to power units of about 12 to 15 H.P. (maximum) for car use.

1932 A. F. Evans Hist. Oil Engine ii. 71 In the 'seventies we had engines with opposed pistons in one cylinder.

1966 G. F. Allen Brit. Rail after Beeching iv. 115 English Electric took an intricate but compact 18-cylinder opposed-piston engine originally applied to fast, small naval craft..and with it achieved a six-axle 3,300 h.p. diesel-electric unit.

1997 1998 Car Preview 78/1 The chief difference for the new model..will be a larger 3.0-liter DOHC opposed-6 cylinder engine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	opposed
释义	opposedadj. Brit. /əˈpəʊzd/, U.S. /əˈpoʊzd/ Forms: see oppose v. and -ed suffix¹; also 1800s oppozd (U.S., nonstandard), 1800s oppozed (U.S., nonstandard). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oppose v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < oppose v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French opposé (1549 in sense 3a).See also etymological note at opposite n., adj., adv., and prep. on Older Scots forms at that entry. Compare also the following, cited in N.E.D. (1903) at sense 3a:1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Opposed, oppositus. 1. Of two or more things, concepts, etc.: contrasting or conflicting with each other; = opposite n. 2a.For predicative use see oppose v. 5b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective] > opposite or opposed turneda1325 reversedc1390 contrary1413 opposeda1500 oppositea1513 inverted1563 counter1596 diametrical1613 contraposed1620 oppositive1622 averse1623 diagonial1624 contrarying1628 diametrala1631 conversive1636 Antipodian1640 converted1640 exadverse1647 Antarctic1651 Antipodean1651 antipodal1664 in reverse1694 contradictory1736 converse1794 antithesistic1801 contravening1802 diametric1802 reverse1828 polar1832 antipodist1844 antithetic1864 other-sided1879 antipodic1881 a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 48 (MED) A man is componed of opposed elementes. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 750 Fashioning our humours Euen to the opposed ende of our ententes. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ix. 61 To offend and iudge are distinct offices, And of opposed natures. View more context for this quotation 1664 H. King Poems, Elegies, Pardoxes & Sonets 143 Thus are his sins scourg'd in opposed themes, And luxuries reveng'd by their extremes. a1791 F. Hopkinson Misc. Ess. & Occas. Writings (1792) I. 234 He'll..prove that words in sense may vary, And two opposed meanings carry. a1824 J. Taylor in I. Taylor Mem. Jane Taylor (1825) II. 31 When thus opposed extremes unite, The aggregate will just be right. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 129 They had different national characters as strongly opposed as any two national characters in Europe. 1874 J. Morley On Compromise 83 The growth of self-government, or government by deliberative bodies, representing opposed principles and conflicting interests. 1901 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 476/1 The opposed views of Nativism and Empiricism. 1964 R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics iv. 157 Opposed acoustic features: vocalic, non-vocalic. 1993 Sci. Amer. Feb. 12/2 Two programs—and two almost diametrically opposed viewpoints embodied in them—are competing for acceptance. 2. Of a person, group, etc. a. In conflict or disagreement with, hostile to (formerly also †against) another person, group, etc. Also (of two or more people or groups): in conflict or disagreement with each other. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > [adjective] witherwardc888 unholdc900 fremda1000 foeOE hatelyOE onwardOE fiendlyc1050 witherc1175 unbaina1300 quedec1300 wrong1340 aliena1382 enemiablea1382 enemyfula1382 enemyc1384 ingrate1393 unfriendly1425 undisposed1456 oppugnanta1513 infest1513 enemious?1529 cold1557 enemylike1561 enemyly1573 ingratefulc1575 opposed1584 misliking1586 infestuous1593 infensive1596 infestious1597 affrontous1598 foe-hearted1598 ill-affecteda1599 inimicous1598 friendless?1611 haggardly1635 infensea1641 inimicitious1641 inimicitial1656 inimical1678 inamicable1683 indisposed1702 uneasy1725 hostile1791 adversarial1839 chilly1841 the mind > emotion > hatred > state of variance or disunion > [adjective] unsaughtc1100 unsomec1275 in variancec1465 at variance1528 at variancea1535 opposed1584 at (or at the, on the) outs1824 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiii. xxx. 338 Laie a wager with your confederate (who must seeme simple, or obstinatlie opposed against you). 1615 W. Bedwell tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ iii. §101 An opposed aduersary to God. 1739 R. Glover London 29 (note) It is not easy to conceive, how the united force of the whole world could..subsist in an enemy's country greater numbers, than they would find opposed to them here. 1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 6 Common zeal for faith could alone bring together those who were opposed. 1894 19th Cent. Apr. 633 (note) [History] tells only of the conflict of opposed multeities of men with organisation of each multeity for its hostile purpose. 1901 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 May 6/2 Patterson declared that Philbrook..was crazy over the idea that everybody opposed to him was dishonest. 1969 TV Times (Brisbane) 4 June 6/1 I am opposed to the Vietniks who want us to get out. 1994 Independent on Sunday 2 Oct. 23/3 He was strongly opposed to Benn and the hard left, but he was not a Healeyite right-winger either. b. Adverse or hostile to a measure, idea, practice, system, etc. Also: unwilling or reluctant to do something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective] contrariousc1290 contraryinga1340 contrary1340 adversarya1382 overthwartc1384 contrairc1400 contrariantc1400 adverse1418 repugnantc1443 thwarting1530 pugnant1537 opposite1577 haggard1578 impugnant1579 kim-kam1582 antagonist1591 adversative1595 counter1596 opposing1597 antipathetical1601 thwart1601 aversed1609 aversive1609 adversarious1622 averse1623 antipathousa1625 inimicitious1641 opponent1641 negative1642 gainstanding1674 antithetic1753 opposed1784 oppositional1829 transversive1855 oppositionary1905 1784 T. Jefferson Let. 16 Apr. xxv. 791 The objections of those who are opposed to the institution shall be briefly sketched. 1807 J. Marshall Life G. Washington V. iii. 206 Several members were in favour of this motion; but others..were opposed to receding from the ground already taken. 1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. iv. 134 The sense of the nation was strongly opposed to the prolongation of the war. 1874 J. H. Newman Lett. (1891) I. 151 He was especially opposed to young men being compelled..to go terminally to communion. 1907 Sat. Rev. 20 Apr. 486/1 We are by no means opposed to prospectusless companies. 1944 W. S. Churchill Second World War (1952) V. 616 The departmental view is no doubt opposed to long tenures and the doctrine of ‘Buggin's turn’ is very powerful. 1992 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. 27 Mar. 12/7 A range of policies to which it [sc. the academic profession] is very much opposed. 3. a. Placed against; facing; = opposite n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adjective] contraryc1384 oppositec1392 contrariousc1400 contradictorious?a1475 objecta1542 overthwart1555 oppositive1578 opposed1598 opposing1609 adverse1623 obversea1656 counter-placed1678 opponent1728 counter1842 subtending1860 abapical1866 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 106 Gelding the opposed continent as much as on the other side it takes from you. View more context for this quotation 1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad x. cxxxix. 221 See there another World, which from the North Extends it self to the opposed Pole. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 660 The gate oppos'd pellucid valves adorn. 1790 W. Sotheby Poems 7 There the opposed Mount Eastern of craggy Skirid, sacred soil, Oft trod by pilgrim feet. 1827 H. Ellis tr. Rep. to Venetian Senate in Orig. Lett. 2nd Ser. II. 218 The Island of England..is situated in the Ocean..opposed on the east to the coast of Lower Germany. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species vii. 229 Portions of a rhombic plate had been left between the opposed basins. 1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche i. xxvi. 11 High in the opposèd west the wondering moon All silvery green in flying green was fleeced. 1956 Jrnl. Bone & Joint Surg. 38B 903 A short slender cylinder of wood may be gripped as securely between the tips of the opposed digits as between the flexed fingers and the palm. 1991 Power Sept. 33/1 Exhaust from two fluidized-bed combustors (FBC) in an opposed arrangement feeds a Benson-type boiler. b. Mechanics. Of pistons: arranged in pairs moving in opposite directions along the same straight line; (of an engine or its cylinders) having pistons so arranged. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [adjective] > powered by piston engine > type of piston engine opposed1910 turbo-compound1954 1910 W. A. Tookey tr. R. E. Mathot Constr. & Working Internal Combustion Eng. v. 71 In Europe, the two-cylinder ‘twin’ engine soon displaced the type with opposed or vis-à-vis cylinders. 1925 A. W. Judge Automobile Engines iii. 87 Although the balance and torque of the opposed two-cylinder engine are excellent, the overall length and the cylinder dimensions limit it to power units of about 12 to 15 H.P. (maximum) for car use. 1932 A. F. Evans Hist. Oil Engine ii. 71 In the 'seventies we had engines with opposed pistons in one cylinder. 1966 G. F. Allen Brit. Rail after Beeching iv. 115 English Electric took an intricate but compact 18-cylinder opposed-piston engine originally applied to fast, small naval craft..and with it achieved a six-axle 3,300 h.p. diesel-electric unit. 1997 1998 Car Preview 78/1 The chief difference for the new model..will be a larger 3.0-liter DOHC opposed-6 cylinder engine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1500
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