{
    "term": "opposed",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "disagreeing strongly with something and trying to stop it",
            "sensetop": "opposed to something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was **strongly opposed** to modernism in art.",
                    "contextForm": "opposed to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She remained bitterly opposed to the idea of moving abroad."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are totally opposed to abortion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the party most openly opposed to military rule"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The majority of the population was either opposed or indifferent."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["adamantly", "bitterly", "deeply"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "very different from something",
            "sensetop": "opposed to something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Our views are **diametrically opposed** on this issue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two sets of values seemed mutually opposed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His actions seemed directly opposed to the values of the company.",
                    "contextForm": "opposed to something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "stand"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "diametrically", "directly"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to make a contrast between two things",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "200 attended, as opposed to 300 the previous year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This exercise develops suppleness as opposed to *(= rather than)* strength."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpəʊzd/",
                "audio": "op/opposed/opposed__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpəʊzd/",
                "audio": "op/opposed/opposed__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}