In public discussions of a problem, two opposing parties are usually represented, representing opposing points of view on the proposed issue. If one group believes that statement “A” is correct, then it means that the group that considers statement “B” to be true will oppose it. As for the concept of “oppose, ” do people often think about its correct meaning? And is it right to use?
The lexical meaning of the word "oppose"
This quite often used word has two main meanings, fixed in dictionaries. We will open, for example, the corresponding article in the Big Explanatory Dictionary of the modern Russian language. Unlike most polysemantic words, the word “oppose” is one of those whose lexical meanings almost do not differ among themselves, only have their own small details.
The first lexical meaning is "to object to someone at a debate or in a public conversation." It is narrower, but it is the main one because of what arose precisely for such cases. There is a second, similar meaning of the word “oppose”. It is “to object to someone, to challenge someone’s opinion.” This value is broader, but it departs from the original sphere of its use.
