opposition meaning
EN
[ɒpəˈzɪʃən] [apəˈzɪʃn̩] 
US WOpposition
- Opposition may mean or refer to:
- Opposition (planets), a term describing the position of a celestial body
- Opposition (chess), a term describing the position of the kings relative to each other
- Opposition proceeding, an administrative process available under some patent or trademark laws
- Opposition of the thumb, the location of the thumb opposite to the fingers so that the hand can grasp objects
- Square of Opposition, a type of logic diagram
- Opposition (boolean algebra), two terms with a shared literal, one positive, the other negative
FR opposition 
- NounPLoppositionsSUF-tion
- The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
- An opposite or contrasting position.
- An opponent in some form of competition.
- That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition.
- (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.
- (politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power.
- (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
- (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
- The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- On April 7, 2003, Senator Rick Santorum signaled his opposition to same-sex marriage in no uncertain terms.
- Ministers and a good many of their supporters worked in relays, and had so manned down the feeble and numerically small Opposition till we had not strength nor mental energy enough to resist.
- The opposition party attempted to smear the candidate by spreading incorrect and unverifiable rumors about their personal behavior.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition.
- ( ergative ) The proposal met with stiff opposition.
- [ … ] a plan to create a Brussels superagency that could intervene in domestic markets lacks natural consumer appeal and faces formidable industry opposition.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of opposition in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Nouns
- fr opposition
- en oppositions
- fr oppositions
- en oppositional
- en oppositionist
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "opposition" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.