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as oppose to

as oppose to is the misspelling of as opposed to.

Meaning of as opposed to

Preposition

as opposed to

  1. In contrast to, rather than, instead of; particularly used in defining a concept by providing an example that does not fall inside the concept.
    Synonyms:
    as against

Questions about as oppose to

What is as oppose to the misspelling of?
As oppose to is the misspelling of as opposed to.

Words near as oppose to in the dictionary

  1. as old as time itself
  2. as one
  3. as one does
  4. as one door closes, another opens
  5. as one man
  6. as oppose to
  7. as opposed to
  8. as per
  9. as per the usual
  10. as per usual
  11. as per your request

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Adapted from Wiktionary: as oppose to (page history and authors); as opposed to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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