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Synonyms for against
əˈgɛnst, əˈgeɪnstagainst
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againstpreposition
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He turned the umbrella against the wind.
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In a contrary direction to.
If you swim against the current, you must work harder.
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The giant was silhouetted against the door.
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The puppy rested its head against a paw.
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The rain pounds against the window.
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He stands out against his local classmates
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In competition with, versus.
The Tigers will play against the Bears this weekend.
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
againstprep.
Synonyms:
opposed to, in opposition to, contrary to, adverse toagainstprep.
Synonyms:
facing, fronting, off, opposite to, over againstagainstprep.
Synonyms:
in provision for, in expectation of, in preparation for, in anticipation of
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#7 | for | |
#9 | on | |
#13 | with | |
#21 | from | |
#110 | over | |
#230 | before | |
#529 | against | |
#810 | word | |
#1057 | across | |
#1331 | anti | |
#1701 | respect | |
#2174 | vs | |
#2194 | towards | |
#2277 | counter | |
#2327 | compared | |
#2641 | toward | |
#2813 | despite | |
#3876 | regard | |
#4575 | combat | |
#5037 | versus | |
#5425 | opposite | |
#6114 | opposed | |
#7674 | ellen | |
#8409 | namely | |
#12242 | oppose | |
#12575 | opposing | |
#14516 | contra | |
#22792 | nays | |
#23050 | combating | |
#23305 | opposes | |
#26539 | resisting | |
#36134 | contre | |
#51651 | abutting | |
#53516 | gegen | |
#177396 | athwart |
How to use against in a sentence?
Seven to eleven is a huge chunk of life, full of dulling and forgetting. It is fabled that we slowly lose the gift of speech with animals, that birds no longer visit our windowsills to converse. As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
I am a Muslim and I am Somali, I am Kenyan living here, and in that way I can assure you if al-Shabab found me today they call us what they call Mortad (apostates), that is, someone who works against them and they wouldnt differentiate me from yourself.
What Ido know is that whether or not the president was briefed, frankly, is irrelevant because the intelligence agencies could not yet agree on this, if this is something, you need to have large agreement or at least [agreement] to a point of significant confidence to be able to take action.Otherwise, in theory, if its not true and youre reacting against the Russians, think of the damage of that.
To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.
Our experience with variants such as the Delta variant is that even though the vaccine isn't specifically targeted to the Delta variant, when you get a high enough level of an immune response, you get spillover protection, even against a variant that the vaccine wasn't specifically directed at, that's the reason why we feel even though we don't have a lot of data on it, there's every reason to believe that that kind of increase that you get with the boost would be helpful, at least in preventing severe disease of a variant like Omicron.
Translations for against
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- protiCzech
- modDanish
- gegenGerman
- κατάGreek
- kontraŭEsperanto
- en contraSpanish
- در برابرPersian
- vastaanFinnish
- contreFrench
- विरुद्धHindi
- ellenHungarian
- դեմArmenian
- melawanIndonesian
- controItalian
- מולHebrew
- に対してJapanese
- ವಿರುದ್ಧKannada
- 반대Korean
- adversusLatin
- tegenDutch
- imotNorwegian
- przeciwkoPolish
- contraPortuguese
- împotrivaRomanian
- противRussian
- motSwedish
- எதிராகTamil
- వ్యతిరేకంగాTelugu
- ต่อต้านThai
- karşısındaTurkish
- протиUkrainian
- خلافUrdu
- chống lạiVietnamese
- קעגןYiddish
- 反對Chinese
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