맞서다

Korean

Etymology

맞— (mat-, “with-”) + 서다 (seoda, “stand”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ma̠ss͈ʌ̹da̠]
Phonetic hangul: [맏써다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	matseoda
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	majseoda
McCune–Reischauer^?	massŏda
Yale Romanization^?	macseta

Verb

맞서다 • (matseoda) (infinitive 맞서, sequential 맞서니)

to stand face to face with, to face each other
to stand against, to oppose, to defy

Conjugation

Selected forms of the verb 맞서다 (matseoda): vowel-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	맞선다 matseonda	맞서 matseo	맞서요 matseoyo	맞섭니다 matseomnida
Indicative	Past	맞섰다 matseotda	맞섰어 matseosseo	맞섰어요 matseosseoyo	맞섰습니다 matseotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	맞서느냐 matseoneunya	맞서 matseo	맞서요 matseoyo	맞섭니까 matseomnikka
Interrogative	Past	맞섰느냐 matseonneunya	맞섰어 matseosseo	맞섰어요 matseosseoyo	맞섰습니까 matseotseumnikka
Hortative		맞서자 matseoja	맞서 matseo	맞서요 matseoyo	맞서십시다 matseosipsida
Imperative		맞서라 matseora	맞서 matseo	맞서요 matseoyo	맞섭시오 matseopsio
Assertive		맞서겠다 matseogetda	맞서겠어 matseogesseo	맞서겠어요 matseogesseoyo	맞서겠습니다 matseogetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		맞서 matseo	맞서서 matseoseo	맞서니 matseoni	맞서니까 matseonikka
Contrast		맞서지만 matseojiman	맞서는데 matseoneunde	맞서더니 matseodeoni
Conjunction		맞서고 matseogo
Condition		맞서면 matseomyeon	맞서야 matseoya
Motive		맞서려고 matseoryeogo
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		맞섬 matseom	맞서기 matseogi
Past-tense verbal nouns		맞섰음 matseosseum	맞섰기 matseotgi
Determiners	Past	맞선 matseon
	Present	맞서는 matseoneun
	Future	맞설 matseol

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	맞서신다 matseosinda	맞서셔 matseosyeo	맞서세요, 맞서셔요 matseoseyo, matseosyeoyo	맞서십니다 matseosimnida
Indicative	Past	맞서셨다 matseosyeotda	맞서셨어 matseosyeosseo	맞서셨어요 matseosyeosseoyo	맞서셨습니다 matseosyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	맞서시느냐 matseosineunya	맞서셔 matseosyeo	맞서세요, 맞서셔요 matseoseyo, matseosyeoyo	맞서십니까 matseosimnikka
Interrogative	Past	맞서셨느냐 matseosyeonneunya	맞서셨어 matseosyeosseo	맞서셨어요 matseosyeosseoyo	맞서셨습니까 matseosyeotseumnikka
Imperative		맞서시라 matseosira	맞서셔 matseosyeo	맞서세요 matseoseyo	맞서십시오 matseosipsio
Assertive		맞서시겠다 matseosigetda	맞서시겠어 matseosigesseo	맞서시겠어요 matseosigesseoyo	맞서시겠습니다 matseosigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		맞서셔 matseosyeo	맞서셔서 matseosyeoseo	맞서시니 matseosini	맞서시니까 matseosinikka
Contrast		맞서시지만 matseosijiman	맞서시는데 matseosineunde	맞서시더니 matseosideoni
Conjunction		맞서시고 matseosigo
Condition		맞서시면 matseosimyeon	맞서셔야 matseosyeoya
Motive		맞서시려고 matseosiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		맞서심 matseosim	맞서시기 matseosigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		맞서셨음 matseosyeosseum	맞서셨기 matseosyeotgi
Determiners	Past	맞서신 matseosin
	Present	맞서시는 matseosineun
	Future	맞서실 matseosil

Synonyms

견디다 (gyeondida)
저항하다 (抵抗—, jeohanghada)

Antonyms

굴복하다 (屈服—, gulbokhada)