the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field | an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) |
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong | a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war |
something done (usually as opposed to something said) | an incompatibility of dates or events |
a military engagement | a disagreement or argument about something important |
an act by a government body or supranational organization | opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings |
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism | opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot) |
In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). | a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests |
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful | |
the series of events that form a plot | |
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | |
the state of being active | |