Feminine

Opposition

Sentences
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Der   Streit   zwischen   Koalition   und   Opposition   wirkt   zuweilen   inszeniert .

The dispute between the coalition and the opposition sometimes seems staged.

Meaning

  1. (feminine) the opposition, political opposition; opposition party
  2. (feminine) a group opposed (to something or someone)
  3. (feminine) opposition (the position of a planet in relation to the sun in positional astronomy)
  4. (feminine) In chess, when two kings face off against each other with only one square between them

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌɔpoziˈtsjoːn/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin oppositiō.

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