with
Meaning
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- Against.
- In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
- In addition to; as an accessory to.
- Used to add supplemental information, especially to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
- In support of.
- In regard to.
- (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
- Using as an instrument; by means of.
- (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
- Having, owning.
- Affected by (a certain emotion or condition).
- Prompted by (a certain emotion).
- In the employment of.
- Considering; taking into account.
- Keeping up with; understanding; following along.
Synonyms
accompanied by
in conjunction with
by means
in company
in company with
taking with oneself
in accordance with
inclusive of
in it
in the case of
away from
at the rate of
in her
in him
Amniota
household of
check against
endowed with
in return for
keep company with
mixed with
near to
participate in
sit with
to the extent
sharing with
towards from
romp around
acting together
from before
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/wɪð/
Etymology
From Middle English with, from Old English wiþ (“against, opposite, toward, with”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþi, a shortened form of Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”). In Middle English, the word shifted to denote association rather than opposition, displacing Middle English mid (“with”), from Old English mid (“with”), from Proto-Germanic *midi; an earlier model of this meaning shift exists in cognate Old Norse við; elsewhere, the converse meaning shift is exemplified by Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩺𐩬 (byn, “between, amid”) spawning Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩬 (bn, “against”) and even likewise frequent reverse meaning 𐩨𐩬 (bn, “from”). The adverb sense is probably a semantic loan from various other Germanic languages, such as Norwegian med, Swedish med, and German mit.
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