Meaning
1 senses(obsolete)By the time that (something happened); before.
Examples
3199 sentencesShe did it against her will.
Вона зробила це проти своєї волі. — deniko
ruОна сделала это против своей воли. — odexed
deSie tat es gegen ihren Willen. — dima555
Tom did it against his will.
Том зробив це проти своєї волі. — deniko
ruТом сделал это против воли. — Biga
What do you have against Tom?
Що ти маєш проти Тома? — deniko
ruЧто ты имеешь против Тома? — odexed
I know Tom isn't against it.
Я знаю, що Том не проти цього. — deniko
The students demonstrated against the new government.
Студенти влаштували демонстрацію проти нового уряду. — Qermit
ruСтуденты вышли на демонстрацию против нового правительства. — sharptoothed
deDie Studenten demonstrierten gegen die neue Regierung. — Sudajaengi
Origin
Formed from Middle English ayenes, agenes, againes (“in opposition to”), a southern varianFormed 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).
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Collocations
12 patterns- against the wall
- leaning against the
- against the law
- leaning against
- testify against
- have nothing against
- to testify against
- was against the
- was leaning against
- against doing doing
- against the rules
- nothing against
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.