the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > mutually (of things) (5)
figurative. Of persons: To contend, fight with immaterial weapons; to carry on a metaphorical warfare… with const. as in sense 2a.
figurative. To come into conflict; to conflict, be at variance; to interfere, be incompatible; to disagree (with). (The chief current use.)