resistance expressed in an action or argument. resistance, hostility, objection, etc.
1. (n.)opposition
the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
2. opposition
antagonism or hostility.
3. opposition
a person or group of people opposing, criticizing, or protesting something, someone, or another group.
4. opposition
(sometimes cap.) the major political party opposed to the party in power and seeking to replace it.
5. opposition
the act of placing opposite, or the state or position of being placed opposite.
6. opposition
the act of opposing, or the state of being opposed by way of comparison or contrast.
7. opposition
the relation between two propositions in logic that have the same subject and predicate, but which differ inquantity or quality, or in both.
8. opposition
the situation of two heavenly bodies when their longitudes or right ascensions differ by 180°:
The moon is in opposition to the sun when the earth is directly between them.
9. opposition
the relationship between two alternative units within a linguistic system.
Antarctica is the opposite of Arctic: Anti-arctic. Capitalizing on a positive way to name the newly discovered area, given that the Arctic was well known at the time, using an oppositing name made perfect sense.
It mean what you don't what does it mean.
Mean is the average.
What does GRI mean? What does GRI mean?
The haudensaunee mean irguios
The correct usage is "what DOES it mean"
he was a mean person who lived with mean people in a mean castle on a mean hill in a mean country in a mean continent in a mean world in a mean solar system in a mean galaxy in a mean universe in a mean dimension
No, but sometimes "average" means "mean" - when it doesn't mean median, geometric mean, or something else entirely.
He is as mean as a copperhead snakeHe is as mean as an angry bearHe is as mean as a bottle of brandyHe is as mean a black woman
Present - I mean, She means. Future - I will mean, She will mean. Past - Meant.
as you do
What do you mean "what does it mean"? It doesn't "mean" anything, it's just a fact.