against

Etymology
Formed from, , , a southern variant of , or directly from , either way with adverbial genitive singular ending ; the parasitic was added circa 1350, probably by confusion with the superlative ending. .

Preposition

 * 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.
 * A row of trees stood against a fence.
 * 1) In front of; before (a background).
 * 2) In contrast or comparison with.
 * 3) In competition with, versus.
 * 4) Contrary to; in conflict with.
 * Doing this is against my principles.
 * It is against the law to smoke on these premises.
 * There was no car in sight so we crossed against the red light.
 * 1) In opposition to.
 * Ten voted for, and three voted against.
 * That horse is fifty-to-one against, so it has virtually no chance of winning.
 * 1) In exchange for.
 * 2) As counterbalance to.
 * 3) As a charge on.
 * Tax is levied against income from sales.
 * 1) As protection from.
 * 2) In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
 * The stores are kept well stocked against a time of need.
 * 1)  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.
 * The studio weren't sure the movie would ever get made, so they only paid $50,000 against $200,000. That way they wouldn't be out very much if filming never began.
 * 1)  Exposed to.
 * 1) In opposition to.
 * Ten voted for, and three voted against.
 * That horse is fifty-to-one against, so it has virtually no chance of winning.
 * 1) In exchange for.
 * 2) As counterbalance to.
 * 3) As a charge on.
 * Tax is levied against income from sales.
 * 1) As protection from.
 * 2) In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
 * The stores are kept well stocked against a time of need.
 * 1)  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.
 * The studio weren't sure the movie would ever get made, so they only paid $50,000 against $200,000. That way they wouldn't be out very much if filming never began.
 * 1)  Exposed to.
 * 1) As counterbalance to.
 * 2) As a charge on.
 * Tax is levied against income from sales.
 * 1) As protection from.
 * 2) In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
 * The stores are kept well stocked against a time of need.
 * 1)  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.
 * The studio weren't sure the movie would ever get made, so they only paid $50,000 against $200,000. That way they wouldn't be out very much if filming never began.
 * 1)  Exposed to.
 * 1)  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.
 * The studio weren't sure the movie would ever get made, so they only paid $50,000 against $200,000. That way they wouldn't be out very much if filming never began.
 * 1)  Exposed to.
 * 1)  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.
 * The studio weren't sure the movie would ever get made, so they only paid $50,000 against $200,000. That way they wouldn't be out very much if filming never began.
 * 1)  Exposed to.
 * 1)  Exposed to.
 * 1)  Exposed to.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: ضد
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: contra
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: aurka
 * Belarusian: су́праць
 * Breton: ouz
 * Bulgarian: обратно на,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: cuantra
 * Danish: ,
 * Dhivehi:
 * Dutch: (... in)
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, vastavirtaan
 * French:
 * Friulian: cuintri
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: საწინააღმდეგო
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀντί
 * Hebrew:
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: vassoin, vassen
 * Irish: in aghaidh, in éadan
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 反して
 * Khmer: ប្រឆាំងនឹង
 * Korean: 거스르다,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: pret
 * Macedonian: наспроти, против
 * Malayalam:
 * Mirandese:
 * Navajo: bikʼą́ą́h
 * Neapolitan: cóntro
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: imot
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: an aghaidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: против
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian: contra
 * Slovak: proti
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: dhidi ya
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: எதிர்க்க
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: про́ти
 * Venetian: contra
 * Welsh: yn erbyn
 * West Frisian: tsjin


 * Belarusian: аб
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: საწინააღმდეგოდ
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Khmer: ប្រឆាំងនឹង
 * Korean:
 * Malayalam: ചേർന്ന്
 * Mirandese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: a tocar de
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: tegen (... aan)
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: საწინააღმდეგოდ, გვერდით
 * Greek:
 * Ido:
 * Khmer: ប្រឆាំងនឹង
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: до
 * Mirandese:
 * Portuguese: perto de
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Asturian: contra
 * Breton: dirag
 * Bulgarian: на фона на
 * Catalan:, enfront de
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: საწინააღმდეგოდ, წინ
 * Greek:
 * Khmer: នៅពីមុខ
 * Mirandese:
 * Portuguese:, diante de
 * Russian:,  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: mu choinneimh
 * Spanish: ,
 * Welsh: o flaen
 * Yiddish: געגנט


 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: comparat amb
 * Esperanto: kontraste, kompare
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: შედარებით
 * Greek: see:
 * Gujarati:
 * Italian:
 * Khmer: នៅក្នុងការប្រៀបធៀប
 * Macedonian: наспроти
 * Mirandese:
 * Portuguese: em relação a
 * Russian:


 * Catalan: en contra, enfront de
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, versus
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: წინააღმდეგ
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: i gcoinne
 * Italian:
 * Khmer: ប្រឆាំងនឹង
 * Korean: -와,
 * Lao:
 * Macedonian: против
 * Mirandese:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: an aghaidh
 * Spanish: en contra
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Arabic: ضِدّ
 * Egyptian Arabic: ضد
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: су́праць
 * Bengali:
 * Berber:
 * Tashelhit: afna n
 * Breton: ouz
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: en contra, enfront de
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: წინააღმდეგი, წინააღმდეგ
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κατά
 * Hebrew:
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: vassen, vassoin
 * Irish: in aghaidh, in éadan, i gcoinne
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 逆らって, 反して, 対して
 * Kazakh: қарсы
 * Khmer: ប្រឆាំងនឹង
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: دژی, دژ بە
 * Northern Kurdish:, di ʻeleyhê ... da
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: против
 * Mirandese:
 * Ngazidja Comorian: pvo djuu
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Old English: aġēn
 * Old Occitan: contra
 * Pashto: پر ضد
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: an aghaidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: против
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: proti
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: en contra,, en pugna
 * Swahili: juu ya,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: kontra
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: garşy
 * Ukrainian: про́ти
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * West Frisian: tsjin


 * Belarusian: наўзамен, на
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: en comptes de
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: სანაცვლოდ, საპირისპიროდ
 * Italian: in cambio di
 * Khmer:
 * Macedonian: за
 * Mirandese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , в обме́н (на)
 * Ukrainian: в обмі́н (на),


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: en comptes de
 * Danish: i stedet, i stedet for
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Khmer: ដែលយកមកថ្លឹងឲ្យស្មើគ្នានឹង
 * Mirandese:
 * Portuguese:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * Khmer:
 * Mirandese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Belarusian: ад, су́праць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, enfront de
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: საწინააღმდეგოდ
 * Ido:
 * Khmer: ដែលជាការការពារពី
 * Macedonian: против
 * Mirandese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: an aghaidh
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kontra
 * Ukrainian:, про́ти


 * Catalan:, enfront de
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük:

Conjunction

 * 1)  By the time that (something happened); before.

Translations

 * Dutch: tegen dat, ,
 * Finnish:

Etymology
Formed from, , , a southern variant of. Equivalent to.

Preposition

 * 1) towards, near