direct opposition
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdirectandopposition
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direct
adjective
uk/daɪˈrekt/us/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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opposition
noun
uk/ˌɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us/ˌɑː.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
strong ...
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(Definition ofdirectandoppositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Other ombudsmen claim that they have faced even moredirectoppositionfrom the public authorities.
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If they are active on an issue with multiple perspectives that were not indirectopposition, 100 per cent attaining some level of success.
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Hypotheses 3 and 4, then, are indirectopposition.
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Naturally,directoppositionto parental wishes can produce highly tense physician-family relationships.
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Fifty-six per cent reported some type ofdirectoppositionfrom local authorities.
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The thumb of the leading prosthetic hand is always indirectoppositionto the index and middle finger.
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If individual participants are still willing, or even anxious, to continue study participation, their wishes are indirectoppositionto those of the community.
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Standing indirectoppositionto progressive art was the cosmopolitan art of the enemy, which included all non-figurative styles.
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Monarchs were capable of criticism and, on rare occasions,directopposition.
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Anderson took his stand indirectoppositionto what he considered to be a grave threat to individual freedom.
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The public's views were indirectopposition.
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Some commentators on the left viewed its militaristic trappings and (in their view) paternalistic relief work as operating indirectoppositionto their own socialist cause.
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Third, students in the three cities preferred to study popular music, indirectoppositionto the three countries' educational systems.
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The technician's desire for separation and isolation in the recording process has led to the development of a practice that works in more or lessdirectoppositionto these preferences.
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They are indirectoppositionto the principles that we stand for.
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I am assuming that there are always two sets of contrasted social conditions indirectoppositionto each other.
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The decision to which he has come is, in fact, indirectoppositionto the advice they gave him.
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I agree that it was an exceptional year, but having brought matters to a head, the public's unease has now manifested itself indirectopposition.
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Increasing these charges is indirectoppositionto the policy that we wished to see followed.
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Decisions were taken often indirectoppositionto those of the governor and the prison staff.
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