different between oppose vs emulate

English

Etymology

From Middle English opposen, from Old French opposer, from Latin ob (“before, against”) + Medieval Latin pausare (“to put”), taking the place of Latin opponere (“to oppose”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p??z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??po?z/, [??p?o??z?]
• Rhymes: -??z
• Hyphenation: op?pose

Verb

oppose (third-person singular simple present opposes, present participle opposing, simple past and past participle opposed)

1. To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.

   Synonyms: confront, withstand, resist, hinder, obstruct, buck
2. To object to.

   Synonyms: take issue with, speak out, contest, repugn, argue

3. To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
   • , Book I

     I may […] oppose my single opinion to his.
4. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

Synonyms

• be against, fight (against), check, bar, block, prevent, take on, counter, contest, resist, confront, face, combat, defy, thwart, contradict, withstand, stand up to, hinder, struggle against, obstruct, fly in the face of, take issue with, be hostile to, counterattack, speak out against, be in opposition to, be in defiance of, strive against, set one's face against, take a stand, make a stand against

Antonyms

• support

Derived terms

• opposable

Related terms

• opponent
• opposer
• opposite
• opposition

Translations

Further reading

• oppose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• oppose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• oppose at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• oppoes

French

Verb

oppose

1. first-person singular present indicative of opposer
2. third-person singular present indicative of opposer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of opposer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of opposer
5. second-person singular imperative of opposer

Italian

Verb

oppose

1. third-person singular past historic of opporre

English

Alternative forms

• æmulate (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m.j?.le?t/
• Hyphenation: em?u?late

Verb

emulate (third-person singular simple present emulates, present participle emulating, simple past and past participle emulated)

1. (now rare) To attempt to equal or be the same as.
2. To copy or imitate, especially a person.
3. (obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
   • 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 146:

     But the councell then present emulating my successe, would not thinke it fit to spare me fortie men to be hazzarded in those unknowne regions [...].

4. (computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device

Related terms

• emulation
• emulator
• emulous

Translations

Adjective

emulate (comparative more emulate, superlative most emulate)

1. (obsolete) Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.

See also

• mimic
• copy
• imitate
• simulate

Anagrams

• metulae

Italian

Verb

emulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of emulare
2. second-person plural imperative of emulare
3. feminine plural of emulato