To set or place over against or directly opposite; confront or cause to confront, either literally or by way of comparison, contrast, etc.
To expose; show; display.
To propose; offer.
To place or interpose as an obstacle; place in opposition, as for the purpose of contradicting, countervailing, offsetting, or withstanding and defeating something.
To speak or act against; confront with adverse arguments or efforts; contradict; withstand; endeavor to frustrate or thwart.
To hinder; resist effectually; prevent; defeat: as, the army was not able to oppose the enemy's progress.
Synonyms Oppose, Resist, Withstand, combat, strive against, contravene. The first three words are all rather general, but oppose is not quite so strong as the others, as suggesting less of physical action; they all primarily convey the idea of receiving rather than making the attack, but oppose is least restricted to that meaning. See frustrate.
To stand over against another or one another; be opposite.
To interpose effort or objection; act or speak in opposition; be adverse or act adverse ly: sometimes with to or against.