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Definition of Against
Against

Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over.

From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.

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.

By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when.

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Against Quotations

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
Henry Ward Beecher

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
William Penn

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.
Bruce Lee

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.
Thomas Jefferson

Against Translations

against in Afrikaans is jeens, teen
against in Danish is imod
against in Dutch is met, tegenaan, tegen, jegens
against in Finnish is vastaan
against in French is en retour, moyennant, contre
against in German is dagegen, wieder(um), ferner, gegen
against in Hungarian is ellen
against in Italian is in confronto, inverso, contro
against in Latin is adversus (prep. + acc.), in, contra, econtra
against in Portuguese is contra, de encontro
against in Spanish is en contra, hacia, contra

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