Definitions For Against

Conjunction

(obsolete) By the time that (something happened); before.

Translations

Dutch: tegen dat, totdat, voordat Finnish: ennen kuin

Preposition

{{en-prep}} (heading, physical) A close but separated relationship. In a contrary direction to. : {{ux, en, If you swim against the current, you must work harder.}} close, close to. : {{ux, en, The kennel was put against the back wall.}} {{quote-book, en, year=1898, author={{w, Winston Churchill (novelist), Winston Churchill}} In front of; before a background. : {{ux, en, The giant was silhouetted against the door.}} In physical contact with. : {{ux, en, The puppy rested its head against a paw.}} In physical opposition to, or in collision with. : {{ux, en, The rain pounds against the window.}} {{quote-book, en, year=1922, author={{w, Michael Arlen}}, title=, chapter=3/19/2 (heading, social) A contrasting or competitive relationship. In contrast and/or comparison with. : {{ux, en, He stands out against his local classmates.}} In competition with, versus. : {{ux, en, The Tigers will play against the Bears this weekend.}} {{RQ:EHough PrqsPrc, I, 0029}} : “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.” {{quote-journal, en, date=September 24, 2011, author=Aled Williams, work=BBC Sport In opposition to. : {{ux, en, Are you against freedom of choice?}} : {{ux, en, I'd bet against his succeeding.}} : (with implied object) Ten voted for, and three voted against. {{quote-book, en, year=1898, author={{w, Winston Churchill (novelist), Winston Churchill}} {{quote-journal, en, year=2013, month=May-June, author=, In exchange for. : {{ux, en, The vouchers are redeemable against West End shows and theatre breaks.}} As counterbalance to.{{rfex, en}} As a charge on.{{rfex, en}} As protection from. : {{ux, en, He turned the umbrella against the wind.}} (obsolete) exposed, exposed to.{{rfex, en}} In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.). (Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming. : The studio weren't sure the movie would ever get made, so they only paid $50,000 against $200,000. That way they wouldn't be out very much if filming never began.

Synonyms

in competition with versus

Antonyms

{{checksense, en}} for with

Translations

Afrikaans: teen Albanian: {{t-needed, sq}} Arabic: ضد (ḍidd) Armenian: հակառակ Asturian: contra Azerbaijani: qarşı Belarusian: су́праць Breton: {{t-needed, br}} Bulgarian: обратно на, про́тив, m Catalan: contra Czech: proti Dalmatian: cuantra Danish: mod, imod Dhivehi: {{t-needed, dv}} Dutch: tegen (... in) Esperanto: kontraŭ Estonian: {{t-needed, et}} Finnish: vastaan, vastavirtaan French: contre Friulian: cuintri Galician: contra Georgian: საწინააღმდეგო, sc=Geor German: gegen Greek: κόντρα : Ancient: ἀντί Hebrew: נגד, tr=neged Ido: kontre Interlingue: contra, vers Irish: in aghaidh, in éadan Italian: contrario, m, contro Japanese: 反して (...にはんして, ...ni han shite, alt=...に反して, sc=Jpan) Khmer: ប្រឆាំងនឹង (prɑcʰaŋ nɨŋ, sc=Khmr) Korean: 거스르다, alt=거슬러, 맞서다, alt=맞서 Kurdish: dijî, sc=ku-Arab Latin: contra, in Latvian: pret Macedonian: наспроти, против Mirandese: {{t-needed, mwl}} Navajo: bikʼą́ą́h Norwegian: mot : Bokmål: imot : Nynorsk: imot Persian: ضد, tr=zedd Polish: przeciw, pod Portuguese: contra Romanian: contra Russian: про́тив Sanskrit: अभि, tr=abhí Scottish Gaelic: an aghaidh Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: против : Roman: protiv Sicilian: contra Slovak: proti Slovene: proti Spanish: contra Swahili: dhidi ya Swedish: mot Turkish: karşı Ukrainian: про́ти Venetian: contra Welsh: yn erbyn West Frisian: tsjin Albanian: {{t-needed, sq}} Bulgarian: до Danish: mod Dutch: tegen (... aan) Esperanto: ĉe, apud Finnish: vasten French: contre Georgian: საწინააღმდეგოდ, გვერდით Greek: κοντά Ido: apud Khmer: ប្រឆាំងនឹង (prɑcʰaŋ nɨŋ, sc=Khmr) Korean: 근처, alt=근처에 Macedonian: до Mirandese: {{t-needed, mwl}} Portuguese: perto de Russian: напро́тив, рядом, alt=ря́дом с Spanish: cerca de Asturian: contra Breton: {{t-needed, br}} Bulgarian: на фона на Catalan: davant Czech: proti Danish: {{t-needed, da}} Dutch: tegen, voor Esperanto: antaŭ Finnish: edessä, vasten Georgian: საწინააღმდეგოდ, წინ Greek: με Khmer: នៅពីមុខ (nɨv pii muk, sc=Khmr) Mirandese: {{t-needed, mwl}} Portuguese: defronte, diante de Russian: напро́тив {{qualifier, in front of}}, пе́ред {{qualifier, in front of}}, фон, alt=на фо́не {{qualifier, + genitive case}} Scottish Gaelic: mu choinneimh Spanish: contra, frente Welsh: o flaen Belarusian: аб Catalan: contra Czech: o Danish: {{t-needed, da}} Dutch: tegen Esperanto: {{t-needed, eo}} Finnish: vasten French: contre Galician: contra Georgian: საწინააღმდეგოდ Greek: κοντά Ido: an Italian: contro, m Khmer: ប្រឆាំងនឹង (prɑcʰaŋ nɨŋ, sc=Khmr) Korean: 기대다, alt=기대어 Mirandese: {{t-needed, mwl}} Polish: o Portuguese: contra Russian: по {{qualifier, against the window - по окну́}} Spanish: contra Arabic: ضِدّ : Egyptian Arabic: ضد (ḍedd, sc=Arab) Armenian: դեմ Azerbaijani: qarşı Belarusian: су́праць Bengali: বিরুদ্ধে Berber: : Tashelhit: afna n Breton: {{t-needed, br}} Bulgarian: про́тив, m Catalan: en contra Chinese: : Mandarin: 反對, sc=Hani, 反对, tr=fǎnduì, sc=Hani Czech: proti Danish: mod, imod Dutch: tegen Esperanto: kontraŭ Estonian: vastu Finnish: vasten French: contre Georgian: წინააღმდეგი, წინააღმდეგ German: gegen, wider Greek: κατά : Ancient: κατά {{qualifier, with Genitive}} Hebrew: נגד, tr=neged, sc=Hebr Ido: kontre Irish: in aghaidh, in éadan, i gcoinne Italian: contro, m Japanese: 逆らって (...にさからって, ...ni sakaratte, alt=...に逆らって, sc=Jpan), 反して (...にはんして, ...ni han shite, alt=...に反して, sc=Jpan), 対して (...にたいして, ...ni tai shite, alt=...に対して, sc=Jpan) Kazakh: қарсы Khmer: ប្រឆាំងនឹង (prɑcʰaŋ nɨŋ, sc=Khmr) Kurdish: li dijî, di ʻeleyhê ... da : Central Kurdish: دژی (diji), دژ بە (dij be) Kyrgyz: каршы Lao: {{t-needed, lo}} Latin: contrā {{q, + accusative}} Macedonian: против Mirandese: {{t-needed, mwl}} Ngazidja Comorian: pvo djuu, alt=pvo ... djuu Norwegian: mot, imot Old English: aġēn Old Occitan: contra Pashto: پر ضد (për zid) Persian: علیه, tr=ʻaleyh-e Polish: przeciw, przeciwko Portuguese: contra Romanian: contra Russian: про́тив Scottish Gaelic: an aghaidh Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: против : Roman: protiv Slovak: proti Slovene: proti Spanish: en contra, enfrente, en pugna Swahili: juu ya, dhidi, alt=dhidi ya Swedish: mot, emot Thai: {{t-needed, th}} Turkish: karşı Turkmen: garşy Ukrainian: про́ти Uzbek: qarshi Vietnamese: {{t-needed, vi}} West Frisian: tsjin Albanian: {{t-needed, sq}} Bulgarian: срещу Esperanto: kontraste, kompare Finnish: verrattuna Georgian: შედარებით Greek: see: σχέση, f Gujarati: {{t-needed, gu}} Italian: contro, m Khmer: នៅក្នុងការប្រៀបធៀប (nɨv knoŋ kaa priəp tʰiəp, sc=Khmr) Macedonian: наспроти Mirandese: {{t-needed, mwl}} Portuguese: em relação a Russian: по сравне́нию с Catalan: en contra Czech: proti Danish: mod, versus Dutch: tegen Esperanto: kontraŭ Finnish: vastaan French: contre Galician: {{t-needed, gl}} Georgian: წინააღმდეგ, sc=Geor German: gegen, mit Greek: κατά Ido: kontre Irish: i gcoinne Italian: contro Khmer: ប្រឆាំងនឹង (prɑcʰaŋ nɨŋ, sc=Khmr) Korean: 와, 맞서다, alt=맞서 Lao: {{t-needed, lo}} Macedonian: против Mirandese: {{t-needed, mwl}} Polish: z, przeciwko Portuguese: contra Russian: про́тив Scottish Gaelic: an aghaidh Spanish: en contra Thai: {{t-needed, th}} Vietnamese: {{t-needed, vi}} Belarusian: наўзамен, alt=наўзаме́н (на), на Breton: {{t-needed, br}} Bulgarian: за Danish: mod Dutch: tegen, voor Esperanto: kontraŭ Finnish: vastaan Georgian: სანაცვლოდ, საპირისპიროდ Italian: in cambio di Khmer: សម្រាប់, tr=sɑmrap, sc=Khmr Macedonian: за Mirandese: {{t-needed, mwl}} Portuguese: por Romanian: contra Russian: взамен, alt=взаме́н (на), на, в обме́н (на) Ukrainian: в обмі́н (на), на Bulgarian: срещу Catalan: {{t-needed, ca}} Danish: i stedet, i stedet for Esperanto: anstataŭ Finnish: vastaan Khmer: ដែលយកមកថ្លឹងឲ្យស្មើគ្នានឹង (dael yɔɔk mɔɔk tləŋ aoy smaǝ knie nɨŋ, sc=Khmr) Mirandese: {{t-needed, mwl}} Portuguese: {{t-needed, pt}} Finnish: vastaan Khmer: ទៅ, tr=tɨv, sc=Khmr Mirandese: {{t-needed, mwl}} Portuguese: {{t-needed, pt}} Belarusian: ад, су́праць Bulgarian: против Czech: proti Danish: mod Dutch: tegen Finnish: vastaan, vasten French: face à Georgian: საწინააღმდეგოდ Ido: kontre Khmer: ដែលជាការការពារពី (dael cie kaa kaapie pii, sc=Khmr) Macedonian: против Mirandese: {{t-needed, mwl}} Portuguese: contra Russian: от, про́тив Scottish Gaelic: an aghaidh Swedish: mot Ukrainian: від, про́ти Finnish: varten French: pour {{checktrans-top}} French: {{t+check, fr, contre}} German: {{t+check, de, gegen}} Hungarian: {{t+check, hu, ellen}} Indonesian: {{t+check, id, lawan}}, {{t+check, id, tentang, alt=menentang}}, {{t+check, id, kontra}} Interlingua: {{t+check, ia, contra}} Italian: {{t+check, it, contro}} {{ttbc, ja}}: 反対 (はんたい, hantai'') Korean: {{t+check, ko, 반대}}, {{t+check, ko, 반}} Kurdish: {{t+check, ku, dij}}, {{t+check, ku, dijî}} Latin: {{t+check, la, contra}} Mandarin: {{t+check, cmn, 反對}}, {{t+check, cmn, 違反}} Norwegian: {{t+check, no, imot}}, {{t+check, no, mot}} Romanian: {{t-check, ro, impotriva}}, {{t+check, ro, contra}} Slovene: {{t+check, sl, proti}} Telugu: {{t-check, te, ప్రతిగా}} Turkish: {{t+check, tr, karşı}} Volapük: {{t+check, vo, kol}}

Alternative forms

againest {{qualifier, obsolete}}, agaynst {{qualifier, obsolete}}, agaynest {{qualifier, obsolete}} agenst {{qualifier, obsolete}}, agenest {{qualifier, obsolete}}, ageinst {{qualifier, obsolete}}, ageinest {{qualifier, obsolete, rare}}, ageynst {{qualifier, obsolete}}, ageynest {{qualifier, obsolete, rare}}, agin {{qualifier, colloquial or humorous}}

Etymology

formed from middle english agenes, againes + + adverbial genitive singular ending -es; the parasitic -t/">in opposition to, a southern variant of agen, or directly from again, either way with adverbial genitive singular ending -es; the parasitic -t + st

Anagrams

Gaitans, antigas, antisag

Is Against a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
10

The word Against is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Against in a Sentence

  • We must continue the struggle for justice and against injustice.
  • She voted against the proposal.
  • He spoke against appeasing the enemy.

Antonyms for Against

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