According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
OPPOSITIONS
Noun
oppositions
plural of opposition
Source: Wiktionary
OPPOSITION
Op`po*si"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. oppositio. See Opposite.]
1. The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance. The counterpoise of so great an opposition. Shak. Virtue which breaks through all opposition. Milton.
2. The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else. Milton.
3. Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy. Shak.
4. That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power.
5. (Astron.)
Definition: The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180Âş; -- signified by the symbol as, .
6. (Logic)
Definition: The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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