противопоставить — meaning in English

English meaning

• confront verb To face someone directly, often to challenge or accuse them.
• contrast noun A clear difference between two things when they are compared.
• oppose verb To disagree with or actively resist something.

Senses

противопоставить is used for these senses in English:

• confront (transitive) To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.
• contrapose (transitive, logic) To place in contraposition.
• contrast (transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between; to counterpoint.

confront — full definition

1. verb To face someone directly, often to challenge or accuse them.
2. verb To face up to a difficult problem or situation instead of avoiding it.

contrast — full definition

1. noun A clear difference between two things when they are compared.
2. verb To compare two things in order to highlight their differences.

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