different between opposition vs nay
opposition
English
Etymology
From Middle English opposicioun, from Old French oposicion (whence French opposition), from Late Latin oppositi?, translating Ancient Greek ????????? (antíthesis), from the past participle stem of classical Latin opp?n? (“I set against”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??z???n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p??z??n?/
Noun
opposition (plural oppositions)
- The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
- An opposite or contrasting position.
- (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.
- (logic) The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate.
Antonyms
- apposition
Translations
Further reading
- opposition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Noun
opposition
- Genitive singular form of oppositio.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from post-classical Latin oppositi? (translating Ancient Greek ????????? (antíthesis)), from the past participle stem of classical Latin opp?n? (“I set against”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.po.zi.sj??/
Noun
opposition f (plural oppositions)
- opposition
Derived terms
- par opposition à
Further reading
- “opposition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
opposition From the web:
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nay
English
Etymology
From Middle English nai, nei, from Old Norse nei (“no”), contraction of ne (“not”) + ei (“ever”), itself from Proto-Germanic *nai (“never”), *n? (“not”). More at no.
Pronunciation
- enPR: n?, IPA(key): /ne?/
- Homophones: nee, neigh, Neagh
- Rhymes: -e?
Adverb
nay (not comparable)
- (now chiefly archaic or regional) No. [from 12th c.]
- (now chiefly archaic or regional) Introducing a statement, without direct negation. [from 14th c.]
- 1876, Henry James, Roderick Hudson:
- Nay, what are you smiling at so damnably?
- 1876, Henry James, Roderick Hudson:
- (now archaic or humorous) Or rather, or should I say; moreover (introducing a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one). [from 16th c.]
Translations
Usage notes
In Early Modern English, nay was used to respond to a positive question, while no was used to respond to a negative question. Over time, this distinction disappeared.
Interjection
nay
- (archaic) No.
Derived terms
- nay-say
- naysayer
Noun
nay (plural nays)
- A vote against.
- Antonyms: aye, yea
- A person who voted against.
- (archaic) A denial; a refusal. [1]
Verb
nay (third-person singular simple present nays, present participle naying, simple past and past participle nayed)
- (obsolete) To refuse.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holinshed to this entry?)
Adjective
nay (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Nary. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Anagrams
- AYN, Ayn, NYA, Yan, any, any%, ayn, yan
Ainu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naj/
Noun
nay
- swamp.
- small river.
Trivia
The ainu word -nay is frequently seen in names of places in Hokkaido and Northeast Japan, such as Wakkanai, Shizunai, etc.
Tagalog
Noun
nay
- abbreviation of nanay, the informal form of ina
Vietnamese
Etymology
Cognate with này.
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [naj??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [naj??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [na(?)j??]
Adjective
nay • (????, ????, ????)
- now, nowadays
Derived terms
Related terms
- này (“this”)
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