against

Meaning

Prep

1. In a contrary direction to.
2. In physical opposition to; in collision with.
3. In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
4. Close to, alongside.
5. In front of; before (a background).
6. In contrast or comparison with.
7. In competition with, versus.
8. Contrary to; in conflict with.
9. In opposition to.
10. Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
11. In exchange for.
12. As counterbalance to.
13. As a charge on.
14. As protection from.
15. In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
16. 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.
17. (obsolete) Exposed to.

Conj

By the time that (something happened); before.

Concepts

against

opposite

versus

opposed to

contrary to

upon

oppose

to

on

contrary

opposed

across from

in exchange for

towards

anti

at

across

opposite to

in exchange

for

from

counter to

toward

despite

vis-a-vis

counter

resist

in opposition to

fight

anti-

over against

upstream

be leaning on

facing

opposing

back

contradicting

in defiance

object to

negatively

behind

by

next to

with

near

contra

adjoining

in contrast with

regarding

stop

withstand

oppose to

defeat

struggle

averse

abreast

disinclined

unwilling

vs

vs.

in spite

into

depreciatingly

disparagingly

erroneously

underservedly

unjustifiably

unwarrantably

wrongly

windward

in anticipation of

in case of

on the other side

attached to

because of

be up against

coast

region

river bank

side

call

rebel

disagrees

accuse

in contrast to

as opposed to

con

contrarily

oppositely

unlike

along

around

in

up to

compared with

in opposition

in the opposite direction

say no

fighting

hostile

break

contravene

transgress

violate

compete with

push against

leaning against

before

in return for

above

beyond

more than

over

close

just

next

backwards

close by

Hyphenated as

a‧gainst

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈɡɛnst/

Etymology

Formed from Middle English ayenes, agenes, againes (“in opposition to”), a southern variant of agen, or directly from again, either way with adverbial genitive singular ending -es; the parasitic -t was added circa 1350, probably by confusion with the superlative ending -est. By surface analysis, again + -st (excrescent ending).

Sentences

These often favour the major parties and discriminate against smaller , regional parties .