opportunist
— Noun
– English
～ a person who places expediency above principle
opportunist
— Adjective
– English
～ taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
opportunistic infection
— Noun
– English
～ any infection caused by a microorganism that does not normally cause disease in humans; occurs in persons with abnormally functioning immune systems (as AIDS patients or transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive drugs)
opportunistic
— Adjective
– English
～ taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
opportunity
— Noun
– English
～ a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
opportunity cost
— Noun
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～ cost in terms of foregoing alternatives
opposable
— Adjective
– English
～ capable of being placed opposite to something; "the thumb is opposable to the forefinger"
oppose
— Verb
– English
～ be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion"
oppose
— Verb
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～ act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say"
oppose
— Verb
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～ be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"
oppose
— Verb
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～ fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
oppose
— Verb
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～ set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
oppose
— Verb
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～ contrast with equal weight or force
opposed
— Adjective
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～ being in opposition or having an opponent; "two bitterly opposed schools of thought"
opposer
— Noun
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～ someone who offers opposition
opposing
— Adjective
– English
～ characterized by active hostility; "opponent (or opposing) armies"
opposite
— Noun
– English
～ a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'"
opposite
— Noun
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～ something inverted in sequence or character or effect; "when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse"
opposite
— Noun
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～ a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"
opposite
— Noun
– English
～ a contestant that you are matched against