despite
Sinne
Betekenis (Engels)
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In spite of, notwithstanding.
Sinonieme
in spite
maugre
even with
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/dɪˈspaɪt/
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
The noun is from Middle English despit, dispit, from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), from dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”). The preposition is from Middle English dispit, from the phrase in dispit of (in despite of).
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