Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - opponent
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Opponent
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~ n 1 someone who tries to defeat another person in a competition, game, fight, or argument (Tyson knocked his opponent out in the first round. | Rumpole was a formidable opponent in court.) 2 someone who disagrees with a plan, idea etc, and wants to try and stop it + of (opponents of the Administration's plans to cut the Federal budget)
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(opponents) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A politician’s opponents are other politicians who belong to a different party or who have different aims or policies. ...Mr Kennedy’s opponent in the leadership contest... He described the detention without trial of political opponents as a cowardly act. = adversary N-COUNT: usu with poss 2. In a sporting contest, your opponent is the person who is playing against you. Norris twice knocked down his opponent in the early rounds of the fight... N-COUNT: usu poss N 3. The opponents of an idea or policy do not agree with it and do not want it to be carried out. ...opponents of the spread of nuclear weapons... ? supporter N-COUNT: usu N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Latin ~-, opponens, present participle of opponere Date: 1560 1. one that takes an opposite position (as in a debate, contest, or conflict) 2. a muscle that opposes or counteracts and limits the action of another II. adjective Date: 1647 1. antagonistic, opposing 2. situated in front ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & adj. --n. a person who opposes or belongs to an opposing side. --adj. opposing, contrary, opposed. Phrases and idioms opponent muscle a muscle enabling the thumb to be placed front to front against a finger of the same hand. Derivatives opponency n. Etymology: L opponere opponent- (as OB-, ponere place) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) оппонент 2) партнер 3) противник intelligent rational opponent — разумный противник - antagonistic opponent - fair opponent ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. враг, противник; конкурент he defeated his opponent in the election —- он нанес поражение своему противнику на выборах 2. спорт. противник, соперник 3. юр. противная сторона 4. противоположный; расположенный напротив on the opponent bank —- на противоположном берегу 5. противный, вражбедный 6. возражающий, опровергающий 7. соперничающий; конкурентный he belongs to the opponent side —- он наш конкурент ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun оппонент, противник Syn: adversary, antagonist, competitor, enemy, foe, rival Ant: associate, friend 2. adj. 1) расположенный напротив, противоположный 2) враждебный ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1588, from L. opponentem (nom. opponens), prp. of opponere "oppose, object to, set against," from ob "against" + ponere "to put, set, place." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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