Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“opposeth” is a form of

oppose

UK /əˈpəʊz/ · US /əˈpoʊz/ verb

Forms opposes opposing opposed opposest opposedst opposeth

  1. verb To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against. “to oppose the king in battle”
  2. verb To object to. “Many religious leaders oppose cloning humans.”
  3. verb To present or set up in opposition; to pose. “They are opposed to any form of hierarchy.”
  4. verb To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

Synonyms

confront withstand resist hinder obstruct buck react take issue with speak out contest repugn argue be against fight check bar block prevent take on counter fight back fight down defend counterbalance pit match play off controvert contradict

Antonyms

support

Etymology

From Middle English opposen, from Old French opposer, from Latin ob (“before, against”) + Medieval Latin pono (“to put”), taking the place of Latin opponere (“to oppose”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
  2. verb To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically.
  3. verb To be set opposite. Shak.
  4. verb To act adversely or in opposition; --with against or to; as, a servant opposed against the act. [Obs.] Shak.

Etymology [F. opposer. See Ob-, Pose, and cf.2d Appose, Puzzle, n. Cf.L. opponere, oppositum.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “oppose”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “oppose” (best matches first).

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