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Definition of against

Against
Against A*gainst" (?; 277), prep. [OE. agens, ageynes, AS. ongegn. The s is adverbial, orig. a genitive ending. See Again.] 1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. --Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof. 3. In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason; against law; to run a race against time. The gate would have been shut against her. --Fielding. An argument against the use of steam. --Tyndale. 4. By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when. [Archaic or Dial.] Urijah the priest made it, against King Ahaz came from Damascus. --2 Kings xvi. 11. Against the sun, in a direction contrary to that in which the sun appears to move.

Meaning of against from wikipedia

- against may refer to: against (album), a 1998 album by brazilian metal band sepultura. against (song), the title track song from the sepultura
- the eastern front of world war ii was a theatre of world war ii between the european axis powers and co-belligerent finland against
- in 1984, the reagan administration used the term 'war against terrorism' as part of an effort to pass legislation that was designed to
- (icty) returned a guilty verdict against milan martić , one of the serb leaders in croatia, stating that he colluded with slobodan
- bulgarian troops to the invasion by claiming that all of his battle worthy troops were guarding the flank of germany's 12th army against turkey .
- essentially the equivalent of race supremacy on a galactic scale, it entails intolerant discrimination against sentient non-human s, much
- the cowboy wrestling program currently holds a 128–27–9 record against the sooners, which is all the more remarkable considering that
- against is the seventh studio album by the brazil ian metal band sepultura , released in 1998 through roadrunner records . it is the
- the incident, which has been officially defined as an act of genocide against the kurdish people in iraq was and still remains the
- against (styled as against) is a crossover thrash band formed in 2006 by singer-songwriter dan clements , original suicidal tendencies
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