oppose
/icons/point.icon OPPOSE, COMBAT, RESIST, WITHSTAND mean to set oneself against someone or something.
OPPOSE can apply to any conflict, from mere objection to bitter hostility or warfare.
e.g. opposed the plan
COMBAT stresses the forceful or urgent countering of something.
e.g. combat disease
RESIST implies an overt recognition of a hostile or threatening force and a positive effort to counteract or repel it.
e.g. resisting temptation
WITHSTAND suggests a more passive resistance.
e.g. trying to withstand peer pressure
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verb with object
disapprove of and attempt to prevent, especially by argument:
〖～ A/doing〗 〈人などが〉A〈計画･考えなど〉…することに反対する, 抵抗する; A, …することを阻止しようとする (!｟話｠ ではbe againstの方がよく用いられる)
e.g. those of you who oppose capital punishment.
actively resist or refuse to comply with (a person or a system):
〈人など〉と敵対する, …に挑む
e.g. off-roaders who adamantly opposed new trail restrictions.
compete against (someone) in a contest:
e.g. a candidate to oppose the leader in the presidential contest.
DERIVATIVES
opposer | əˈpōzər | noun
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Old French opposer, from Latin opponere (see opponent), but influenced by Latin oppositus ‘set or placed against’ and Old French poser ‘to place’.