the way something is with respect to its main attributes | an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) |
a politically organized body of people under a single government | a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war |
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state | an incompatibility of dates or events |
the territory occupied by a nation | a disagreement or argument about something important |
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation | opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings |
a state of depression or agitation | opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot) |
(chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) | a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests |