how to pronounce oppose

/əˈpəʊz/

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oppose is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of oppose in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… of the few to oppose Russia's entrance …”

meaning of oppose

Oppose means to be against something.

oppose frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word oppose occurs in english on average 8.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics oppose can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that oppose can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;