Against. To the disadvantage of someone or something. In opposition to someone or something. La voiture de ma mere une carte a jouer out of 650 votes there were only three against.
Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence for example a picture of john she walked from my house to yours in opposition to contre prep preposition. She spoke against the decision to close the college. How to use against in a sentence.
Against definition is in opposition or hostility to. The best protection against illness is a good diet and lots of exercise. Twenty votes against ten.
In opposition to someone or something. Met en relation un nom et un autre element. Against with nouns discrimination against people on the basis of race age or gender is illegal.
To vote no on a proposal is an example of voting against the proposal. Walking north into the wind that is blowing south is an example of walking against the wind. Adverse or hostile to.
Beside on up against in contact with abutting close up to she leaned against him. Against definition in opposition to. Against someone or something 1.
5 synonyms of against from the merriam webster thesaurus plus 8 related words definitions and antonyms. Find descriptive alternatives for against. Against means something that is going the other way.
She ran against me in the election. In competition with someone or something. Stand i am against everything you stand for.
Everyone can be part of the fight against litter. Opposed to anti informal opposing counter contra informal hostile to in opposition to averse to opposite to not in accord with she was very much against commencing the treatment.