"against" meaning in Englisch

See against in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: əˈɡɛnst, əˈɡeɪnst Audio: En-us-against.ogg
Etymology: Middle English, Abwandlung von „againes“, von „again“
  1. gegen, dagegen
    Sense id: de-against-en-prep-eUEty6D2
  2. gegen, dagegen
    Sense id: de-against-en-prep-eUEty6D21
  3. gegen, dagegen
    Sense id: de-against-en-prep-eUEty6D21
  4. gegen, dagegen
    Sense id: de-against-en-prep-eUEty6D21
  5. gegen
    Sense id: de-against-en-prep-CS4YhclX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: contra, on, upon, toward, towards, versus, for Translations (Ersatz: gegen): gegen (Deutsch) Translations (Vorbereitung: gegen, dagegen): gegen (Deutsch), dagegen (Deutsch) Translations (Wettkampf: gegen, dagegen): gegen (Deutsch), dagegen (Deutsch) Translations (ideologisch: gegen, dagegen): gegen (Deutsch), dagegen (Deutsch) Translations (physisch: gegen, dagegen): gegen (Deutsch), dagegen (Deutsch)
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "pro"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "along"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "conjunction"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "together"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Roter Audiolink",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Middle English, Abwandlung von „againes“, von „again“",
  "hyphenation": "a·gainst",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It was against his will.",
          "translation": "Es war gegen seinen Willen."
        },
        {
          "ref": "George Hunsinger; Torture is a moral issue: Christians, Jews, Muslims, and people of conscience speak out; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2008 Google Books",
          "text": "\"The purpose of this book is not only to underscore that torture is a moral issue, beyond all partisan politics, but also to help religious communities mobilize against it, so that all loopholes permitting torture by any U.S. agencies. wether military or intelligence, might be eliminated.\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gegen, dagegen"
      ],
      "id": "de-against-en-prep-eUEty6D2",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ideologisch"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She leaned against the door.",
          "translation": "Sie lehnte sich gegen die Tür."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gegen, dagegen"
      ],
      "id": "de-against-en-prep-eUEty6D21",
      "raw_tags": [
        "physisch"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He fought against him.",
          "translation": "Er kämpfte gegen ihn."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gegen, dagegen"
      ],
      "id": "de-against-en-prep-eUEty6D21",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wettkampf"
      ],
      "sense_index": "3"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She stored food against the upcoming storm.",
          "translation": "Sie lagerte Essen gegen den aufkommenden Sturm ein."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gegen, dagegen"
      ],
      "id": "de-against-en-prep-eUEty6D21",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Vorbereitung"
      ],
      "sense_index": "4"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He got the clothes against cash.",
          "translation": "Er bekam die Kleidung gegen Barzahlung."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gegen"
      ],
      "id": "de-against-en-prep-CS4YhclX",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Ersatz"
      ],
      "sense_index": "5"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "əˈɡɛnst"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "əˈɡeɪnst"
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
        "US-amerikanisch"
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "contra"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "on"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "upon"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "toward"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "towards"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "versus"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "4",
      "word": "for"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "ideologisch: gegen, dagegen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "gegen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "ideologisch: gegen, dagegen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "dagegen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "physisch: gegen, dagegen",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "gegen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "physisch: gegen, dagegen",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "dagegen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Wettkampf: gegen, dagegen",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "gegen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Wettkampf: gegen, dagegen",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "dagegen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Vorbereitung: gegen, dagegen",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "word": "gegen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Vorbereitung: gegen, dagegen",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "word": "dagegen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Ersatz: gegen",
      "sense_index": "5",
      "word": "gegen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "against"
}
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "pro"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "along"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "conjunction"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "together"
    }
  ],
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    "Englisch",
    "Präposition (Englisch)",
    "Roter Audiolink",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Middle English, Abwandlung von „againes“, von „again“",
  "hyphenation": "a·gainst",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It was against his will.",
          "translation": "Es war gegen seinen Willen."
        },
        {
          "ref": "George Hunsinger; Torture is a moral issue: Christians, Jews, Muslims, and people of conscience speak out; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2008 Google Books",
          "text": "\"The purpose of this book is not only to underscore that torture is a moral issue, beyond all partisan politics, but also to help religious communities mobilize against it, so that all loopholes permitting torture by any U.S. agencies. wether military or intelligence, might be eliminated.\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gegen, dagegen"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "ideologisch"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She leaned against the door.",
          "translation": "Sie lehnte sich gegen die Tür."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gegen, dagegen"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "physisch"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He fought against him.",
          "translation": "Er kämpfte gegen ihn."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gegen, dagegen"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wettkampf"
      ],
      "sense_index": "3"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She stored food against the upcoming storm.",
          "translation": "Sie lagerte Essen gegen den aufkommenden Sturm ein."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gegen, dagegen"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Vorbereitung"
      ],
      "sense_index": "4"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He got the clothes against cash.",
          "translation": "Er bekam die Kleidung gegen Barzahlung."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gegen"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Ersatz"
      ],
      "sense_index": "5"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "əˈɡɛnst"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "əˈɡeɪnst"
    },
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      "raw_tags": [
        "US-amerikanisch"
      ]
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "contra"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "on"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "upon"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "toward"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "towards"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "versus"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "4",
      "word": "for"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "ideologisch: gegen, dagegen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "gegen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "ideologisch: gegen, dagegen",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "dagegen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "physisch: gegen, dagegen",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "gegen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "physisch: gegen, dagegen",
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "dagegen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Wettkampf: gegen, dagegen",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "gegen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Wettkampf: gegen, dagegen",
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "dagegen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Vorbereitung: gegen, dagegen",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "word": "gegen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Vorbereitung: gegen, dagegen",
      "sense_index": "4",
      "word": "dagegen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Ersatz: gegen",
      "sense_index": "5",
      "word": "gegen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "against"
}

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