against
touching and pressing; in opposition to
How often you will meet it
Rank 203 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 115,142 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.055% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
preposition
- touching and pressing; in opposition to
against in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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There, of course, I stumbled against Lady Brandon.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Her father and Brant were Bones men--why was the girl arguing against senior societies?
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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The rule of the Order is indeed against it, but the rule is constantly broken.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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The director should make every effort to guard against stage waits and delays of every sort.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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It is not the purpose of this defense to say one word against the white women of the South.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1