"despite" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈspaɪt/ [UK] Audio: en-us-despite.ogg [US] Forms: despites [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: The noun is from Middle English despit, dispit, from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), from dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”). The preposition is from Middle English dispit, from the phrase in dispit of (in despite of). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*speḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|despit}} Middle English despit, {{m|enm|dispit}} dispit, {{der|en|fro|despit}} Old French despit, {{der|en|la|dēspectum||looking down on}} Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), {{m|la|dēspiciō||to look down, despise}} dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”), {{inh|en|enm|dispit}} Middle English dispit, {{m|enm|in dispit of}} in dispit of, {{m|en|in despite of}} in despite of Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} despite (countable and uncountable, plural despites)
  1. (obsolete) Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-despite-en-noun-wO0FGXKX
  2. (archaic) Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-despite-en-noun-npekbRyz
  3. Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-despite-en-noun-MBQyFQrM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: despight [obsolete] Derived forms: despiteful
Etymology number: 1

Preposition [English]

IPA: /dɪˈspaɪt/ [UK] Audio: en-us-despite.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: The noun is from Middle English despit, dispit, from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), from dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”). The preposition is from Middle English dispit, from the phrase in dispit of (in despite of). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*speḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|despit}} Middle English despit, {{m|enm|dispit}} dispit, {{der|en|fro|despit}} Old French despit, {{der|en|la|dēspectum||looking down on}} Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), {{m|la|dēspiciō||to look down, despise}} dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”), {{inh|en|enm|dispit}} Middle English dispit, {{m|enm|in dispit of}} in dispit of, {{m|en|in despite of}} in despite of Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} despite, {{en-prep}} despite
  1. In spite of, notwithstanding. Synonyms: in spite of, maugre, despite, irrespective of, notwithstanding, regardless of, without considering, without regard for Derived forms: despite oneself Related terms: even though, nevertheless Translations: megjithëse (Albanian), κατά (katá) [with-accusative] (Ancient Greek), رَغْمَ (raḡma) (Arabic), بِالرَّغْمِ مِن (bi-r-raḡmi min) (Arabic), مَعَ (maʕa) (Arabic), واخا (wāḵḵa) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), وخا (waḵḵa) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), չնայած (čʻnayac) (Armenian), baxmayaraq (Azerbaijani), rəğmən (Azerbaijani), ҡарамаҫтан (qaramaśtan) (Bashkir), gora-behera ere (Basque), нягле́дзячы на (njahljédzjačy na) (Belarusian), насу́перак (nasúpjerak) (Belarusian), въ́преки (vǎ́preki) (Bulgarian), malgrat (Catalan), tot i que (Catalan), encara que (Catalan), tot i (Catalan), 儘管 (Chinese Mandarin), 尽管 (Chinese Mandarin), 不顧 (Chinese Mandarin), 不顾 (bùgù) (Chinese Mandarin), 不管 (bùguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 任憑 (Chinese Mandarin), 任凭 (rènpíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 即使 (jíshǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), въпрѣкꙑ (vŭprěky) [Cyrillic] (Church Slavic), přes (Czech), vzdor (Czech), navzdory (Czech), på trods af (Danish), trods (Danish), ondanks (Dutch), malgraŭ (Esperanto), spite al (Esperanto), spite [with-accusative] (Esperanto), hoolimata (Estonian), vaatamata (Estonian), huolimatta [with-elative] (Finnish), en dépit de (French), malgré (French), malia (Galician), მიუხედავად (miuxedavad) (Georgian), trotz (German), παρά (pará) (Greek), לַמְרוֹת (lamrót) (Hebrew), के बावजूद (ke bāvjūd) (Hindi), ellenére (Hungarian), annak ellenére, hogy… (Hungarian), dacára (Hungarian), dacára, hogy… (Hungarian), þrátt fyrir (Icelandic), malgrado (Interlingua), in ainneoin (Irish), d'ainneoin (Irish), ainneoin (Irish), nonostante (Italian), sebbene (Italian), malgrado (Italian), ...にも関わらず (...nimo kakawarazu) (alt: ...にもかかわらず) [suffix] (Japanese), 에도 불구하고 (-e-do bulguhago) (Korean), quamquam (Latin), par spīti (Latvian), nepaisant (Lithuanian), и покрај (i pokraj) (Macedonian), walaupun (Malay), til tross for (Norwegian Bokmål), علیرغم ('alârağm-e) (Persian), بهرغم (be-rağm-e) (Persian), باوجود (bâvojud-e) (Persian), mimo (Polish), pomimo (Polish), wbrew (Polish), naprzekór (Polish), a despeito de (Portuguese), apesar de (Portuguese), não obstante (Portuguese), în ciuda (Romanian), cu toate că (Romanian), несмотря́ на (nesmotrjá na) (Russian), вопреки́ (voprekí) (Russian), напереко́р (naperekór) (Russian), невзира́я на (nevzirája na) (Russian), a dh'aindeoin (Scottish Gaelic), у̏спркос [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), у̏пркос [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), уна́точ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȕsprkos [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ȕprkos [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), unátoč [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), napriek (Slovak), navzdor (Slovak), proti (Slovak), kljub (Slovene), a pesar de (Spanish), pese a (Spanish), no obstante (Spanish), maguer (Spanish), malgrado (Spanish), licha ya (Swahili), trots (english: att) (Swedish), бо вуҷуди (bo vujudi) (Tajik), rağmen (Turkish), karşın (Turkish), незважа́ючи на (nezvažájučy na) (Ukrainian), всу́переч (vsúpereč) (Ukrainian), по́при (pópry) (Ukrainian), باوُجُود (bāvujūd) (Urdu), کے باوُجُود (ke bāvujūd) (Urdu), mặc dù (Vietnamese), không kể (Vietnamese), bất chấp (Vietnamese), mågré (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-despite-en-prep-ovXLgcRP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 18 2 43 15 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 22 8 13 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: despight [obsolete]
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪˈspaɪt/ [UK] Audio: en-us-despite.ogg [US] Forms: despites [present, singular, third-person], despiting [participle, present], despited [participle, past], despited [past]
Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: From Middle English despite, dispite, dyspite, dyspyte, from Old French despitier. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|despite}} Middle English despite, {{m|enm|dispite}} dispite, {{m|enm|dyspite}} dyspite, {{m|enm|dyspyte}} dyspyte, {{der|en|fro|despitier}} Old French despitier Head templates: {{en-verb}} despite (third-person singular simple present despites, present participle despiting, simple past and past participle despited)
  1. (obsolete) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-despite-en-verb-VZzLkht1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: despight [obsolete]
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} despite
  1. inflection of despitar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: despitar
    Sense id: en-despite-es-verb-VW-8Zvq2 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of despitar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: despitar
    Sense id: en-despite-es-verb-BpPXX5Pd

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1995, Billy Corgan (lyrics and music), “Bullet with Butterfly Wings”, in Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, performed by Smashing Pumpkins",
          "text": "Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage.",
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          "ref": "2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions, volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, pages 219–257",
          "text": "Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.",
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "word": "megjithëse"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "raḡma",
          "word": "رَغْمَ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "bi-r-raḡmi min",
          "word": "بِالرَّغْمِ مِن"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "maʕa",
          "word": "مَعَ"
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          "code": "ary",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "wāḵḵa",
          "tags": [
            "Moroccan-Arabic"
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          "word": "واخا"
        },
        {
          "code": "ary",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "waḵḵa",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "وخا"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "čʻnayac",
          "word": "չնայած"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "word": "baxmayaraq"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "word": "rəğmən"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "qaramaśtan",
          "word": "ҡарамаҫтан"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "word": "gora-behera ere"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "njahljédzjačy na",
          "word": "нягле́дзячы на"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "nasúpjerak",
          "word": "насу́перак"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vǎ́preki",
          "word": "въ́преки"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "word": "malgrat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "word": "tot i que"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "word": "encara que"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "word": "tot i"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "word": "儘管"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "word": "尽管"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "word": "不顧"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bùgù",
          "word": "不顾"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bùguǎn",
          "word": "不管"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "word": "任憑"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "rènpíng",
          "word": "任凭"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jíshǐ",
          "word": "即使"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "word": "přes"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "word": "vzdor"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "word": "navzdory"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "word": "på trods af"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "word": "trods"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "word": "ondanks"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "word": "malgraŭ"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "word": "spite al"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "tags": [
            "with-accusative"
          ],
          "word": "spite"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "word": "hoolimata"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "word": "vaatamata"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "tags": [
            "with-elative"
          ],
          "word": "huolimatta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "word": "en dépit de"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "word": "malgré"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "word": "malia"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "miuxedavad",
          "word": "მიუხედავად"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "word": "trotz"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pará",
          "word": "παρά"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "katá",
          "tags": [
            "with-accusative"
          ],
          "word": "κατά"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "lamrót",
          "word": "לַמְרוֹת"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ke bāvjūd",
          "word": "के बावजूद"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "word": "ellenére"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "word": "annak ellenére, hogy…"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "word": "dacára"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "word": "dacára, hogy…"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "word": "þrátt fyrir"
        },
        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "word": "malgrado"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "word": "in ainneoin"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "word": "d'ainneoin"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "word": "ainneoin"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "word": "nonostante"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "word": "sebbene"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "word": "malgrado"
        },
        {
          "alt": "...にもかかわらず",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "...nimo kakawarazu",
          "tags": [
            "suffix"
          ],
          "word": "...にも関わらず"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "-e-do bulguhago",
          "word": "에도 불구하고"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "word": "quamquam"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "word": "par spīti"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "word": "nepaisant"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "i pokraj",
          "word": "и покрај"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "word": "walaupun"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "word": "til tross for"
        },
        {
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Church Slavic",
          "roman": "vŭprěky",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "въпрѣкꙑ"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "'alârağm-e",
          "word": "علیرغم"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "be-rağm-e",
          "word": "بهرغم"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bâvojud-e",
          "word": "باوجود"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "word": "mimo"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "word": "apesar de"
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          "code": "pt",
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      "word": "irrespective of"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:despite",
      "word": "notwithstanding"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:despite",
      "word": "regardless of"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:despite",
      "word": "without considering"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:despite",
      "word": "without regard for"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "word": "megjithëse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "raḡma",
      "word": "رَغْمَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bi-r-raḡmi min",
      "word": "بِالرَّغْمِ مِن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maʕa",
      "word": "مَعَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wāḵḵa",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "واخا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "waḵḵa",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "وخا"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "čʻnayac",
      "word": "չնայած"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "word": "baxmayaraq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "word": "rəğmən"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "qaramaśtan",
      "word": "ҡарамаҫтан"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "word": "gora-behera ere"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njahljédzjačy na",
      "word": "нягле́дзячы на"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "nasúpjerak",
      "word": "насу́перак"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎ́preki",
      "word": "въ́преки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "word": "malgrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "word": "tot i que"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "word": "encara que"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "word": "tot i"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "word": "儘管"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "word": "尽管"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "word": "不顧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùgù",
      "word": "不顾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùguǎn",
      "word": "不管"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "word": "任憑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rènpíng",
      "word": "任凭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jíshǐ",
      "word": "即使"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "word": "přes"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "word": "vzdor"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "word": "navzdory"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "word": "på trods af"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "word": "trods"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "word": "ondanks"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "word": "malgraŭ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "word": "spite al"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "tags": [
        "with-accusative"
      ],
      "word": "spite"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "word": "hoolimata"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "word": "vaatamata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "tags": [
        "with-elative"
      ],
      "word": "huolimatta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "word": "en dépit de"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "word": "malgré"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "word": "malia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "miuxedavad",
      "word": "მიუხედავად"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "trotz"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pará",
      "word": "παρά"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "katá",
      "tags": [
        "with-accusative"
      ],
      "word": "κατά"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "lamrót",
      "word": "לַמְרוֹת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ke bāvjūd",
      "word": "के बावजूद"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "ellenére"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "annak ellenére, hogy…"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "dacára"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "dacára, hogy…"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "word": "þrátt fyrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "word": "malgrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "word": "in ainneoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "word": "d'ainneoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "word": "ainneoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "word": "nonostante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "word": "sebbene"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "word": "malgrado"
    },
    {
      "alt": "...にもかかわらず",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "...nimo kakawarazu",
      "tags": [
        "suffix"
      ],
      "word": "...にも関わらず"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "-e-do bulguhago",
      "word": "에도 불구하고"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "word": "quamquam"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "word": "par spīti"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "word": "nepaisant"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "i pokraj",
      "word": "и покрај"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "word": "walaupun"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "word": "til tross for"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "vŭprěky",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "въпрѣкꙑ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'alârağm-e",
      "word": "علیرغم"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "be-rağm-e",
      "word": "بهرغم"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bâvojud-e",
      "word": "باوجود"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "word": "mimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "word": "pomimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "word": "wbrew"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "word": "naprzekór"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "word": "a despeito de"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "word": "apesar de"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "word": "não obstante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "word": "în ciuda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "word": "cu toate că"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nesmotrjá na",
      "word": "несмотря́ на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "voprekí",
      "word": "вопреки́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naperekór",
      "word": "напереко́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nevzirája na",
      "word": "невзира́я на"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "word": "a dh'aindeoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "у̏спркос"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "у̏пркос"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "уна́точ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ȕsprkos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ȕprkos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "unátoč"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "word": "napriek"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "word": "navzdor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "word": "proti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "word": "kljub"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "word": "a pesar de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "word": "pese a"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "word": "no obstante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "word": "maguer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "word": "malgrado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "word": "licha ya"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "att",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "word": "trots"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "bo vujudi",
      "word": "бо вуҷуди"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "word": "rağmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "word": "karşın"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nezvažájučy na",
      "word": "незважа́ючи на"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vsúpereč",
      "word": "всу́переч"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pópry",
      "word": "по́при"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "bāvujūd",
      "word": "باوُجُود"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ke bāvujūd",
      "word": "کے باوُجُود"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "word": "mặc dù"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "word": "không kể"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "word": "bất chấp"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "word": "mågré"
    }
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  "word": "despite"
}

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          "ref": "c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.",
          "roman": "Of fals double tunges in the diſpite.",
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      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "despight"
    }
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}

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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "dyspyte"
      },
      "expansion": "dyspyte",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "despitier"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French despitier",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English despite, dispite, dyspite, dyspyte, from Old French despitier.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "despites",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "despiting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "despited",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "despited",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "despite (third-person singular simple present despites, present participle despiting, simple past and past participle despited)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vex",
          "vex"
        ],
        [
          "annoy",
          "annoy"
        ],
        [
          "offend",
          "offend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈspaɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-despite.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ae/En-us-despite.ogg/En-us-despite.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/En-us-despite.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "despight"
    }
  ],
  "word": "despite"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish non-lemma forms",
    "Spanish verb forms"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "despite",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "despitar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of despitar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "first/third-person singular present subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "despitar",
          "despitar#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of despitar:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "despitar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of despitar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "third-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "despitar",
          "despitar#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of despitar:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "despite"
}
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  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'in spite of', 2: 'in spite of'}",
  "path": [
    "despite",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "despite",
  "trace": ""
}

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