Used in a Sentence

opposed

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for opposed.

Editorial note

I mean wouldn't a car wear out a lot faster if 20 people were using it as opposed to 1?

Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Acting in opposition; opposing.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of opposed gathered in one view.

adjective

Acting in opposition; opposing.

adjective

Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed.

adjective

Opposite.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for opposed.

Example sentences

1

I mean wouldn't a car wear out a lot faster if 20 people were using it as opposed to 1?

2

What makes you think it's because of a sense of control, as opposed to, say, increased education?

3

Since it's required (as opposed to optional) the only logical explanation is its spying on you.

4

I'd suggest we look there, as opposed to telling each other what we're supposed to wear/not to wear.

5

Both require user participation, as opposed to the mindless consumption of television.

6

My worry is it's going to create VS-specific files, which I'm adamantly opposed to (or any IDE-specific files, for that matter).

7

We could get into the pros and cons of local updates being staged between local machines on a LAN as opposed to the outside Internet.

8

Surely they can't think she is actually going to go, as opposed to go do training and have some fun things to say at cocktail parties.

9

In fact the reporter who broke the story did it by simply analyzing the SEC filings, as opposed to getting some insider information, or talking to a whistleblower.

10

I'm an anarcho-capitalist, and I'm vehemently opposed to unionization.

11

I agree Marx was not correct in his economic theories and he certainly crossed the line in advocating violence as opposed to simply predicting it most likely.

12

> as opposed to the current status quo where both sides seem to spend a majority of their time attacking or defending each other.

Quote examples

1

The network relied on "control" messages to create/delete groups automatically (as opposed to manual subscription), which due to the lack of authentication/encryption in the protocol, were very easy to spoof.

2

Be that small Internet radio-stations that do curated music (as opposed to things like soundcloud that I also like, but unfortunately is just as hopelessly centralized as youtube) -- or "real" blogs -- or whatever.

3

Of course, this means that clients will be responsible for maintaining their own server for each extension service (as opposed to the "free" in process hosting previously provided) and will also be responsible for their own UI (including accessibility and mobile concerns), even though it can be iframed in the new UI.

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I'm also reminded of British architecture critic Reyner Banham's essay "The Great Gizmo" about examples of American technology that are meant for retrofitting and composition more than entirely new things.[2] The outboard motor, for example, as opposed to designing a new boat.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use opposed in a sentence?

I mean wouldn't a car wear out a lot faster if 20 people were using it as opposed to 1?

What does opposed mean?

Acting in opposition; opposing.

What part of speech is opposed?

opposed is commonly used as adjective.