the opposition

noun

: a person or group that someone is trying to defeat or succeed against : a person or group that someone is competing with

The coach advised her team not to underestimate the opposition.

Examples of the opposition in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

International experts have denounced President Faustin-Archange Touadera’s repression of the opposition and push to eliminate term limits as worrisome turns toward autocracy. — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Fazio was one of only four senators to oppose the bill that passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, saying the state should defer to federal action that seems unlikely, given the opposition of the president. — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

The government did not meet demands from the opposition and international observers for publication of the electoral council’s complete polling-station-level results so they could be independently compared with the opposition’s copies. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

So the opposition that Anne Rice took to his casting, and stuff like that, was an absolute distraction. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the opposition

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