motsette
verb
oppose, resist
sette seg imot, prøve å hindre, opponere mot
oppose, resist
Old Norse
B2Upper-Intermediate
Han bestemte seg for å motsette seg avgjørelsen.
He decided to oppose the decision.
Det motsatte er tilfellet nå.
The opposite is the case now.
Bilen skled over i motsatt kjørebane på grunn av isen.
The car slid into the opposite lane because of the ice.
De to partiene har motsatte synspunkter på saken.
The two parties have opposing views on the matter.
Motsatte poler tiltrekker hverandre.
Opposite poles attract each other.
Treg masse gjør at kroppen motsetter seg endring i fart.
Inertial mass means that a body resists changes in speed.
Han var utstyrt med det motsatte av pokerfjes.
He was equipped with the opposite of a poker face.
Hun gikk stikk motsatt vei av det vi hadde planlagt.
She went in the exact opposite direction to what we had planned.
Tvang til terapi gjorde at han motsatte seg behandlingen.
Compulsion to therapy made him resist treatment.
De konservative hadde et bakstrev som motsatte seg reformene.
The conservatives had a backlash that opposed the reforms.