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===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/əˈpəʊnənt/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-opponent.wav|
===Noun===
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## One who opposes another physically (in a [[fight]], [[sport]], [[game]], or [[competition]]).
##* '''1720''', {{w|Alexander Pope}}, ''The {{w|Iliad}} of {{w|Homer}}'', London: Bernard Lintott, Volume 6, “Observations on the Twenty-Third Book,” no. 39, p.{{nbsp}}136,<sup>[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004836009.0001.006]</sup>
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##* {{RQ:Scott Ivanhoe|chapter=[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/82/82-h/82-h.htm Chapter 11]|passage={{...}} he slid his right hand down to his left, and with the full swing of the weapon struck his '''opponent''' on the left side of the head, who instantly measured his length upon the green sward.}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1958|author=
|passage={{...}} it is possible for a good [draughts] player to defeat an '''opponent''' without capturing his pieces.}}
## One who opposes another in words (in a [[dispute]], [[argument]] or [[controversy]]).
##* {{quote-book|en|year=1777|author=
|passage=It is easier to confound than to convince an '''opponent'''; the former may be effected by a turn that has more happiness than truth in it.}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1847|author=
|passage=“What more have you to say?” she asked, rather in the tone in which a person might address an '''opponent''' of adult age than such as is ordinarily used to a child.}}
## One who is opposed or [[object]]s (to a [[policy]], course of action or set of ideas).
##: {{ux|en|She was a dedicated '''opponent''' of the death penalty.}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1652|author=
|passage=Their Oath is to maintain the ''Romish-Catholick'' Religion, and persecute all '''Opponents''' to it.}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1853|author=
|passage=My own friends had been among the bitterest '''opponents''' of any proposal to visit the Captain and his daughters, only twelve months before; and now he was even admitted in the tabooed hours before twelve.}}
## {{lb|en|historical}} The participant who [[open]]s an [[academic]] [[debate]] by putting forward [[objection]]s to a [[theological]] or [[philosophical]] [[thesis]].
##* {{quote-book|en|year=1551|author={{w|Thomas Wilson (rhetorician)|Thomas Wilson}}|title=The Rule of Reason, conteinyng the Arte of Logique|location=London|chapter=The maner of confutacion twoo waies considered|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15542.0001.001
|passage=We make the argument appere slender, when we receiue it laughyngly, and declare by wordes, euen at the first, that it is nothyng to the purpose, and so abashe the '''opponent'''.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|year=1587|author=
|passage={{...}} diuinitie disputations, in all which those learned '''opponents''', respondents, & moderators, quited themselues like themselues, sharplie and soundlie, besides all other solemne sermons & lectures.}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1679|author=
|passage={{...}} by the many ''Disputes'' that rise from hence, Mens ''Wits'' were ''confounded'' with their matters, ''Truth'' was lost & ''Brotherhood'' destroyed: thus the ''Devil'' acted the Part both of '''''Opponent''''' and ''Defendant'', and managed the ''Passions'' of both ''Parties'' to his End, which was <small>DISCORD</small>.}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1700|author={{w|John Sergeant (priest)|John Sergeant}}|title=Transnatural Philosophy|location=London|section=Book 3, Chapter 1, p. 276|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A59250.0001.001
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====Antonyms====
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====Derived terms====
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====Translations====
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* Slovak: {{t|sk|protivník|m}}, {{t|sk|protivníčka|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|nasprotnik|m}}, {{t|sl|nasprotnica|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|oponente}}, {{t+|es|contrincante}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|motståndare}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|супроти́вник|m}}, {{t|uk|супроти́вниця|f}}, {{t+|uk|проти́вник|m}}, {{t|uk|проти́вниця|f}}
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{{trans-top|one who objects to a policy, etc.}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vastustaja}}, {{t+|fi|vastaehdokas}} {{q|opposing candidate}}▼
* Danish: {{t|da|kritiker|c}}
▲* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vastustaja}}, {{t+|fi|vastaehdokas}} {{q|opposing candidate}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|ellenző}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kaitāwari}}
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=1647|author=Francis Bland|title=The Souldiers March to Salvation|location=York|page=25|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28353.0001.001
|passage={{...}} we are to consider enemies as men '''opponent''' to peace and justice, and to these they are by warrs to be reduced; And no other ends in the pursuite of enemies by sword and hostile Acts are to be sought for {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1726|translator=
|passage=Young Ithacus advanc’d, defies the foe,<br>Poising his lifted lance in act to throw:<br>The savage renders vain the wound decreed,<br>And springs impetuous with '''opponent''' speed!}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1792|author=
|passage=The reasons you have urged are indeed weighty: yet they have never made an impression so deep upon my mind, as not to take flight, and leave their '''opponent''' arguments in some sort the victors.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1828|author=Stephen Drew|title=Principles of Self-Knowledge|location=London|publisher=Longman|section=Volume 2, Section 23, p. 24|url=https://archive.org/details/principlesselfk00drewgoog
|passage=Let it not be supposed, that by “''catholic,''” I mean to designate men who are lax in their principles, and alike indifferent to all religious systems. On the contrary, they are more earnestly attached to truth, and more '''opponent''' to sin than others {{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} Situated in front; opposite.
#* {{RQ:Thomson Spring|year=1768|page=33|footer=[http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004808172.0001.000 check it out online]|passage=Her sympathizing Lover takes his Stand<br>High on th’ '''opponent''' Bank {{...}}}}
===Further reading===
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* {{R:GNV|opponent, opposer, detractor, adversary, antagonist}}
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