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
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
Albert Einstein
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Abraham Lincoln
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill
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
Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.
Winston Churchill
This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.
Winston Churchill
The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read.
Winston Churchill
The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.
Winston Churchill
What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?
Winston Churchill
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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