Synonym: Opposition, confrontation, enemy, foe, foeman, opponent, opposite, oppositeness, resistance. Similar words: position, composition, transition, acquisition, oppose, opposed, supposing, deposit. Meaning: [‚ɑpə'zɪʃn /‚ɒp-] 
n. 1. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with 2. the relation between opposed entities 3. the act of hostile groups opposing each other 4. a contestant that you are matched against 5. a body of people united in opposing something 6. a direction opposite to another 7. an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) 8. the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected.
n. 1. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with 2. the relation between opposed entities 3. the act of hostile groups opposing each other 4. a contestant that you are matched against 5. a body of people united in opposing something 6. a direction opposite to another 7. an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) 8. the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected. 
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(121) The opposition presents no immediate threat to the government.
(122) The opposition has been fractured by bitter disputes.
(123) The senator declaimed against the opposition.
(124) Much public opposition to the new law remained.
(125) They sit in impotent opposition while the country goes to the dogs.
(126) The usual solution is to send in infantry to mop up any remaining opposition.
(127) The complete disarray of the opposition parties leaves the field clear for the government to implement urgent reforms.
(128) The government went so far as to try to arrest opposition leaders.
(129) The opposition leader returned to a hero's/heroine's welcome after seven years in exile.
(130) Various interest groups have expressed their opposition to the policy.
(131) Since the fall of the government(http://sentencedict.com), the two opposition parties have been jostling for position.
(132) He accused the opposition of trying to sabotage the election.
(133) The opposition tried to capitalize on popular discontent over the new law.
(134) The opposition passed a vote of censure on the government.
(135) We may find we come up against quite a lot of opposition from local people.
(136) Any opposition to the new government was immediately stamped on by the army.
(137) Did the Conservatives win courtesy of the division of the opposition vote between Labour and the Liberal Democrats?
(138) The opposition party have been in such disorder for so long that they pose no real threat to the present government.
(139) The opposition argues that the new council will be unconstitutional and without teeth.
(140) All eighty opposition members of parliament have handed in their resignation.
(141) The various opposition parties speak with one voice on this issue.
(142) You'll have to fight through a lot of opposition to get the rules changed.
(143) Opposition groups see the bannings as the latest stage of a government clampdown.
(144) Few people dared to declare their opposition to the regime.
(145) Opposition leaders had called for a boycott of the vote.
(146) Privatisation goes against the grain of their principle of opposition to private ownership of industry.
(147) The opposition now seems too weak to stage any serious protests against the government.
(148) The opposition party recited a long list of the government's failings.
(149) She left home in the face of strong opposition from her parents.
(150) The opposition candidate failed by only 39 votes to unseat the cabinet minister.
More similar words: position, composition, transition, acquisition, oppose, opposed, supposing, deposit, situation, edition, addition, munitions, tradition, coalition, condition, conditions, additional, expedition, definition, in addition, exhibition, practitioner, recognition, traditional, traditionally, in addition to, opponent, opportunity, suppose, supposedly.