Meanings
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alternative wyth · alternative whith · alternative wᵗʰ · alternative wᵗ · alternative w/ · alternative w · alternative whit · alternative wi' · alternative wit · alternative wit' · alternative wid · alternative wif · alternative wiv
- Against.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
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Many hatchets, knives, & pieces of iron, & brass, we see, which they reported to have from the Sasquesahanocks a mighty people, and mortal enemies with the Massawomecks.
1621, John Smith, The Proceedings of the English Colony in Virginia - In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
He went with his friends.
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No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46 - Used to add supplemental information, especially to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
Jim was listening to Bach with his eyes closed.
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Both armies entered into battle with confidence high.
The match result was 10-5, with John scoring three goals.
With a heavy sigh, she looked around the empty room.
Four people were injured, with one of them in critical condition.
With their reputation on the line, they decided to fire their PR team.
- In support of.
We are with you all the way.
- In regard to.
I’m upset with my father.
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There are a number of problems with your plan.
What on Earth is wrong with my keyboard?
He was pleased with the outcome.
Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3 - obsoleteTo denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
slain with robbers
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He was torn to / pieces with a bear:
c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]He was sick and lame of the scurvy, so as he could but lie in the cabin-door, and give direction, and, it should seem, was badly assisted either with mate or mariners
1669, Nathaniel Morton, New England’s MemorialBut several sowing of Wheat at that time, because 'twas the usual time of doing of it, it lay in the Ground till Rain came, which was the latter end of October first, and then but part of it came up neither, because it was mustied and spoiled with lying so long in the Ground […]
1721, John Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry, page 61 - Using as an instrument; by means of.
cut with a knife
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I water my plants with this watering can. This is the watering can I water my plants with.
Find what you want instantly with our search engine.
They dismissed the meeting with a wave of their hand.
Speak with a confident voice.
With what/whose money? I have nothing left to buy groceries (with).
- obsoleteUsing as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
I am fain to dine and sup with water and bran.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii] - Having, owning.
It was small and bumpy, with a tinge of orange.
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There are lots of people with no homes after the wildfire.
As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.
2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist - Affected by (a certain emotion or condition).
Speak with confidence.
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He spoke with sadness in his voice.
John is a person with multiple sclerosis.
- Prompted by (a certain emotion).
overcome with happiness
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green with envy; flushed with success
- In the employment of.
She was with Acme for twenty years before retiring last fall.
- Considering; taking into account.
With your kind of body size, you shouldn’t be eating pizza at all.
Synonyms: given
- Keeping up with; understanding; following along.
That was a lot to explain; are you still with me?
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Are you still with me? Good. I was worried, because you may not think you need a lightweight rifle.
1983 May 28, David E. Petzal, “The Lightweight Division”, in Field & Stream
alternative wyth · alternative whith · alternative wᵗʰ · alternative wᵗ · alternative w/ · alternative w · alternative whit · alternative wi' · alternative wit · alternative wit' · alternative wid · alternative wif · alternative wiv
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plural withs
- alternativeAlternative form of withe.
And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 16:7
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositionConsidering; taking into account.
Origin
with · preposition, adverb
- Swedishmed
- Norwegianmed
- Germanmit
- Old Norsevið
- Proto-Germanic*wiþrą“against”
- Proto-West Germanic*wiþi
- Old Englishwiþ“against, opposite, toward, with”
- Middle Englishwith
- Englishwith
From Middle English with, from Old English wiþ (“against, opposite, toward, with”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþi, a shortened form of Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”). In Middle English, the word shifted to denote association rather than opposition, displacing Middle English mid (“with”), from Old English mid (“with”), from Proto-Germanic *midi; an earlier model of this meaning shift exists in cognate Old Norse við; elsewhere, the converse meaning shift is exemplified by Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩺𐩬 (byn, “between, amid”) spawning Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩬 (bn, “against”) and even likewise frequent reverse meaning 𐩨𐩬 (bn, “from”). The adverb sense is probably a semantic loan from various other Germanic languages, such as German mit, Norwegian med, and Swedish med.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →with · noun
- Old Englishwiþþe
- Middle Englishwithe
- Englishwith
From Middle English withe, wiþþe, from Old English wiþþe. More at withe.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans met
- metin addition to
Ancient Greek μετά, ἅμα
- μετά (metá)against
- ἅμα (háma)in the company of
- μετά (metá)in the company of
- σύν (sún)in the company of
- ἐν (en)by means of
- μετά (metá)with
Arabic مَعَ, بِـ
- مَعَ (maʕa)in the company of
- بِـ (bi-)in addition to
- بِـ (bi-)by means of
- مَعَ (maʕa)with
Basque -rekin
- -rekinwith
Bengali সঙ্গে, দিয়ে
- সঙ্গে (śoṅge)in the company of
- দিয়ে (diẏe)in addition to
- করে (kore)by means of
- দিয়ে (diẏe)by means of
- নিয়ে (niẏe)by means of
Bulgarian с, с
- с (s)in the company of
- с (s)in addition to
- с (s)in support of
- с (s)by means of
- с (s)expressing manner
Catalan amb, contra
- ambagainst
- contraagainst
- ambin the company of
- ambin addition to
- ambin support of
- ambby means of
- mitjançantby means of
- perby means of
- ambas nourishment
- deas nourishment
- ambexpressing manner
- ambwith
Chinese Cantonese 同埋, 同
- 同埋in the company of
- 同 (tung⁴)in the company of
- 跟埋 (gan¹ maai⁴)in the company of
- 跟 (gan¹)in the company of
- 用 (jung⁶)by means of
Chinese Mandarin 跟, 和
- 跟 (gēn)in the company of
- 和 (hé)in the company of
- 與 /与 (yǔ)in the company of
- 同 (tóng)in the company of
- 跟 (gēn)in addition to
- 和 (hé)in addition to
- 與 /与 (yǔ)in addition to
- 用 (yòng)by means of
Czech s, se
- sagainst
- seagainst
- protiagainst
- sin the company of
- sein the company of
- sin addition to
- sein addition to
- sin support of
- sein support of
- sby means of
- seby means of
- naas nourishment
Danish med, med
- medin the company of
- medby means of
- medwith
Dutch met, tegen
- metagainst
- tegenagainst
- metin the company of
- bijin the company of
- metin addition to
- voorin support of
- bijin support of
- metby means of
- metas nourishment
- doorexpressing manner
- metwith
Esperanto kontraŭ, kun
- kontraŭagainst
- kunin the company of
- kunin addition to
- kunin support of
- priin regard to
- perby means of
- -eexpressing manner
- kunwith
Estonian vastu, -ga
- vastuagainst
- -gain the company of
- koosin the company of
- ühesin the company of
- -gaby means of
- vastuwith
Finnish kera, luona
- kerain the company of
- luonain the company of
- kanssain the company of
- kerain addition to
- avullain support of
- -llaby means of
French avec, contre
- avecagainst
- contreagainst
- avecin the company of
- avecin addition to
- avecin support of
- avecby means of
- à l'aide deby means of
- au moyen deby means of
- avecas nourishment
- deas nourishment
- avecexpressing manner
- avecwith
German mit, gegen
- mitagainst
- gegenagainst
- mitin the company of
- nebstin the company of
- mitin addition to
- mitin support of
- beiin support of
- mitby means of
- mitas nourishment
- durchexpressing manner
- vonexpressing manner
- mitexpressing manner
Greek κατά, με
- κατά (katá)against
- με (me)in the company of
- με (me)in addition to
- μαζί (mazí)in addition to
- υπέρ (ypér)in support of
- με (me)by means of
- periphrasticallyas nourishment
- periphrasticallyexpressing manner
- κατά (katá)with
Hawaiian me, me
- mein the company of
- mein addition to
Hebrew נגד, עם
- נגד (néged)against
- עם (ím / ʕím)in the company of
- עם (ím / ʕím)in addition to
- עם (ím / ʕím)in support of
- בְּ־ (b'-)by means of
- בְּ־ (be-)expressing manner
- עִם (ím / ʕím)with
Hindi से, ... के साथ
- से (se)against
- ... के साथ (... ke sāth)in the company of
- लेकर (lekar)in the company of
- से (se)by means of
Hungarian -val, -vel
- -valin the company of
- -velin the company of
- velein the company of
- -valin addition to
- -velin addition to
- -valin support of
- -velin support of
- -valby means of
- -velby means of
- -scontaining
- -escontaining
- -ascontaining
Icelandic við, með
- viðagainst
- meðin the company of
- meðin addition to
- meðin support of
- meðby means of
- meðexpressing manner
- viðwith
Indonesian dengan, dengan
- denganagainst
- denganin the company of
- dgnin the company of
- bersamain the company of
- denganby means of
- menggunakanby means of
- denganwith
Irish le, le
- leagainst
- lein the company of
- lein addition to
- lein support of
- leby means of
- varies depending on the verbas nourishment
- leexpressing manner
- lewith
Italian con, con
- conagainst
- conin the company of
- conin addition to
- conin support of
- conby means of
- conas nourishment
- conwith
Japanese ...と, ...と
- ...と (-to)against
- ...と (to)in the company of
- ...とともに (...to tomo ni)in the company of
- と一緒に (to issho ni)in the company of
- …を伴って (o tomonatta)in addition to
- …付きの (tsuki no)in addition to
- …に賛成して (ni sansei shite)in support of
- …を支持して (o shiji shite)in support of
- …で (-de)by means of
- …を使って (-o tsukatte)by means of
- …を用いてby means of
- ...と (-to)with
Korean -와
- -와 (-wa)in the company of
Latin cum, contra
- cumagainst
- contraagainst
- cumin the company of
- cumin addition to
- cumin support of
- cumexpressing manner
- cumwith
Latvian ar, ar
- arin the company of
- arwith
Lithuanian su, su
- suin the company of
- suwith
Malay dengan, dengan
- denganagainst
- denganin the company of
- dgnin the company of
- denganin addition to
- denganin support of
- denganby means of
- denganexpressing manner
- denganwith
Māori me
- mewith
Norwegian Bokmål med, med
- medin the company of
- medin addition to
- medby means of
- medcontaining
- medwith
Persian با, ابا
- با (bâ)in the company of
- ابا (abâ)in the company of
Polish z, z
- zagainst
- zin the company of
- zin addition to
- za pomocą +by means of
- zwith
Portuguese contra, com
- contraagainst
- comagainst
- comin the company of
- comin addition to
- comin support of
- comby means of
- deas nourishment
- comexpressing manner
- comwith
Punjabi ਨਾਲ
- ਨਾਲ (nāl)in the company of
Romanian cu, cu
- cuin the company of
- cuin addition to
- alăturiin support of
- cuwith
Russian с, с
- с (s)against
- с (s)in the company of
- с (s)in addition to
- с (s)with
Scottish Gaelic ri, còmhla ri
- riagainst
- còmhla riin the company of
- lein addition to
- lein support of
- leby means of
- airas nourishment
- leexpressing manner
- riwith
Slovak s, so
- sagainst
- soagainst
- sin the company of
- sin addition to
- sin support of
- sby means of
- swith
- sowith
Spanish con, con
- conagainst
- conin the company of
- conin addition to
- conin support of
- conby means of
- porby means of
- conexpressing manner
- concontaining
- conwith
Swahili na, na
- nain the company of
- nain addition to
- nawith
Swedish med, mot
- medagainst
- motagainst
- medin the company of
- medin addition to
- medin support of
- medby means of
- medelstby means of
- medas nourishment
- medexpressing manner
- genomexpressing manner
- medwith
Tagalog kasama
- kasamawith
Thai กับ, กับ
- กับ (gàp)against
- กับ (gàp)in the company of
- ด้วย (dûai)in the company of
- กับ (gàp)in addition to
- โดย (dooi)in support of
- โดย (dooi)by means of
- ด้วย (dûai)by means of
- กับ (gàp)with
Turkish ile, -le
- ilein the company of
- -lein the company of
- -ylein the company of
- -lain the company of
- -ylain the company of
- -lıin addition to
- -licontaining
- -lıcontaining
- -lucontaining
- -lücontaining
- ilewith
Ukrainian з, із
- з (z)in the company of
- із (iz)in the company of
- зі (zi)in the company of
- зо (zo)in the company of
- з (z)with
- зі (zi)with
- із (iz)with
Urdu ... کے ساتھ
- ... کے ساتھ (... ke sāth)in the company of
Vietnamese với, với
- vớiin the company of
- vớiin addition to
- bằngby means of
- vớiwith
Welsh â, gyda
- âagainst
- gydaagainst
- efoagainst
- yn erbynagainst
- gydain the company of
- efoin the company of
- âin addition to
- gydain addition to
- efoin addition to
- ganin support of
- gydain support of
- efoin support of
Yiddish מיט, מיט
- מיט (mit)in the company of
- מיט (mit)in addition to
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with with
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