"in spite of" meaning in English

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Preposition

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  1. (idiomatic) Despite, irrespective of, notwithstanding. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: maugre [obsolete], regardless of, despite Derived forms: in spite of oneself Translations: رَغْم أَنَّ (raḡm ʔanna) (Arabic), رُغْم أَنَّ (ruḡm ʔanna) (Arabic), بِالرَّغْمِ مِن (bi-r-raḡm min) (Arabic), عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِن (ʕalā r-raḡmi min) (Arabic), راغم ان (raḡm en) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), وخا (waḵḵa) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), չնայած (čʻnayac) (Armenian), ҡарамаҫтан (qaramaśtan) (Bashkir), нягле́дзячы на (njahljédzjačy na) (Belarusian), наперако́р (napjerakór) (Belarusian), въпреки (vǎpreki) (Bulgarian), напук (napuk) (Bulgarian), malgrat (Catalan), tot i (Catalan), 儘管 (Chinese Mandarin), 尽管 (jǐnguǎn) (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), přes (Czech), vzdor (Czech), navzdory (Czech), på trods af (Danish), til trods for (Danish), ondanks (Dutch), malgraŭ (Esperanto), huolimatta (Finnish), malgré (French), en dépit de (French), bien que (French), მიუხედავად (miuxedavad) (Georgian), trotz (German), παρά (pará) (Greek), למרות (lamrot) (Hebrew), ellenére (Hungarian), annak ellenére, hogy… (Hungarian), dacára (Hungarian), dacára, hogy… (Hungarian), þrátt fyrir (Icelandic), d’ainneoin (Irish), in ainneoin (Irish), ainneoin (Irish), nonostante (Italian), sebbene (Italian), malgrado (Italian), 〜にもかかわらず (-nimo kakawarazu) (alt: 〜にも関わらず) [suffix] (Japanese), 에도 불구하고 (-e-do bulguhago) (Korean), til tross for (Norwegian Bokmål), tross (Norwegian Bokmål), trass (Norwegian Nynorsk), با وجود (bâ vojud-e) (Persian), با اینکه (bâ in-ke) (Persian), علی رغم (alâ rağm-e) (Persian), mimo (Polish), pomimo (Polish), wbrew (Polish), a despeito de (Portuguese), apesar de (Portuguese), cu toate că (Romanian), în ciuda (Romanian), несмотря́ на (nesmotrjá na) (Russian), вопреки́ (voprekí) (Russian), упркос [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), uprkos [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), napriek (Slovak), a pesar de (Spanish), pese a (Spanish), trots (Swedish), sa kabila ng (Tagalog), karşın (Turkish), rağmen (Turkish), незважа́ючи на (nezvažájučy na) (Ukrainian), невважа́ючи на (nevvažájučy na) (Ukrainian), по́при (pópry) (Ukrainian), ми́мо (mýmo) (Ukrainian)
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          "roman": "napjerakór",
          "word": "наперако́р"
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          "word": "въпреки"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "word": "malgrat"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "word": "tot i"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "word": "儘管"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jǐnguǎn",
          "word": "尽管"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "word": "不顧"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "roman": "bùguǎn",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "word": "任憑"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "rènpíng",
          "word": "任凭"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jíshǐ",
          "word": "即使"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "word": "přes"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "word": "vzdor"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "word": "navzdory"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "word": "på trods af"
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          "word": "malgraŭ"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "word": "huolimatta"
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          "lang": "French",
          "word": "malgré"
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          "lang": "French",
          "word": "en dépit de"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "word": "bien que"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "miuxedavad",
          "word": "მიუხედავად"
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          "code": "de",
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          "roman": "pará",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "lamrot",
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          "word": "با وجود"
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          "roman": "voprekí",
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        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations",
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      "roman": "čʻnayac",
      "word": "չնայած"
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      "roman": "qaramaśtan",
      "word": "ҡарамаҫтан"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "njahljédzjačy na",
      "word": "нягле́дзячы на"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "napjerakór",
      "word": "наперако́р"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎpreki",
      "word": "въпреки"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "napuk",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "malgrat"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "word": "tot i"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "word": "儘管"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "jǐnguǎn",
      "word": "尽管"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "不顧"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "不顾"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùguǎn",
      "word": "不管"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "word": "任憑"
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      "roman": "rènpíng",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jíshǐ",
      "word": "即使"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "word": "navzdory"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "word": "til trods for"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "word": "malgraŭ"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "word": "huolimatta"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "word": "malgré"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "en dépit de"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "bien que"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "code": "de",
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      "roman": "lamrot",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "ellenére"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "annak ellenére, hogy…"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "dacára"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "dacára, hogy…"
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      "code": "is",
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      "word": "þrátt fyrir"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "word": "d’ainneoin"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "word": "in ainneoin"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "word": "ainneoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "word": "nonostante"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "word": "sebbene"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "word": "malgrado"
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    {
      "alt": "〜にも関わらず",
      "code": "ja",
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      "code": "ko",
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      "word": "에도 불구하고"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "word": "til tross for"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "word": "tross"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "word": "trass"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bâ vojud-e",
      "word": "با وجود"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bâ in-ke",
      "word": "با اینکه"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "alâ rağm-e",
      "word": "علی رغم"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "word": "mimo"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "word": "pomimo"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "word": "wbrew"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "word": "a despeito de"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "word": "apesar de"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "word": "cu toate că"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "word": "în ciuda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nesmotrjá na",
      "word": "несмотря́ на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "voprekí",
      "word": "вопреки́"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "упркос"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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      "word": "uprkos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "word": "napriek"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "word": "a pesar de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "word": "pese a"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "word": "trots"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "word": "sa kabila ng"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "word": "karşın"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "word": "rağmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nezvažájučy na",
      "word": "незважа́ючи на"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nevvažájučy na",
      "word": "невважа́ючи на"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pópry",
      "word": "по́при"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mýmo",
      "word": "ми́мо"
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  "word": "in spite of"
}

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