About The Word Against
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What's The Definition Of Against?Synonyms | Synonyms for Against: Related Terms | Find terms related to Against: about | across | adverse to | as to | at cross-purposes with | athwart | con | concerning | confronting | contra | contrary to | counter to | dead against | despite | en route to | facing | for | fronting | headed for | in conflict with | in contact with | in contempt of | in defiance of | in disagreement with | in front of | in opposition to | in order to | in passage to | in preparation for | in spite of | in transit to | next to | on | on route to | opposed to | opposite | opposite to | over against | re | regardless of | respecting | to | touching | toward | towards | up | up against | upon | versus | vis-a-vis | with respect to See Also | Against In Webster's Dictionary \A*gainst"\ (?; 277), prep. [OE. agens, ageynes, AS.
ongegn. The s is adverbial, orig. a genitive ending. See
{Again}.]
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the
mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over.
Jacob saw the angels of God come against him.
--Tyndale.
2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in
contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats
against the roof.
3. In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment
or of action; on the other side; counter to; in
contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason;
against law; to run a race against time.
The gate would have been shut against her.
--Fielding.
An argument against the use of steam. --Tyndale.
4. By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to
be ready for the time when. [Archaic or Dial.]
Urijah the priest made it, against King Ahaz came
from Damascus. --2 Kings xvi.
11.
{Against the sun}, in a direction contrary to that in which
the sun appears to move.
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