"notwithstanding" meaning in English

See notwithstanding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˌnɒtwɪðˈstændɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌnɑtwɪθˈstændɪŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-notwithstanding-2.ogg , En-us-notwithstanding.ogg , en-au-notwithstanding.ogg
Rhymes: -ændɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English notwithstandinge, notwithstondyng, natwithstandyng, equivalent to not + withstanding. Compare Middle English notgainstonding, not aȝenstondynge, of similar meaning and formation. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|notwithstandinge}} Middle English notwithstandinge, {{compound|en|not|withstanding}} not + withstanding, {{cog|enm|notgainstonding}} Middle English notgainstonding Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} notwithstanding (not comparable)
  1. Nevertheless, all the same. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: nevertheless, nonetheless, still, anyway, after all, regardless, yet Synonyms (nevertheless): all the same
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: noughtwithstanding [obsolete, rare], nonwithstanding [misconstruction]

Conjunction

IPA: /ˌnɒtwɪðˈstændɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌnɑtwɪθˈstændɪŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-notwithstanding-2.ogg , En-us-notwithstanding.ogg , en-au-notwithstanding.ogg
Rhymes: -ændɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English notwithstandinge, notwithstondyng, natwithstandyng, equivalent to not + withstanding. Compare Middle English notgainstonding, not aȝenstondynge, of similar meaning and formation. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|notwithstandinge}} Middle English notwithstandinge, {{compound|en|not|withstanding}} not + withstanding, {{cog|enm|notgainstonding}} Middle English notgainstonding Head templates: {{en-con}} notwithstanding
  1. Although; despite; even though. Translations (although): عَلَى اَلرَّغْم مِن (ʕalā r-raḡm min) (Arabic), ҡарамаҫтан (qaramaśtan) (Bashkir), অথচ (othoc) (Bengali), въпреки (vǎpreki) (Bulgarian), vaikka (Finnish), bien que (French), obwohl (German), obgleich (German), wenngleich (German), obschon (German), noha (Hungarian), bár (Hungarian), enda þótt (Icelandic), þó að (Icelandic), хотя́ (xotjá) (Russian), usprkos (Serbo-Croatian), unatoč (Serbo-Croatian), napriek tomu (že) (Slovak), olduğu halde (Turkish), olmakla birlikte (Turkish), olmasına karşın (Turkish), olmasına rağmen (Turkish), olsa da (Turkish), хоч (xoč) (Ukrainian), хоча́ (xočá) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-notwithstanding-en-conj-qcxS629a
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: noughtwithstanding [obsolete, rare], nonwithstanding [misconstruction]

Preposition

IPA: /ˌnɒtwɪðˈstændɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌnɑtwɪθˈstændɪŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-notwithstanding-2.ogg , En-us-notwithstanding.ogg , en-au-notwithstanding.ogg
Rhymes: -ændɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English notwithstandinge, notwithstondyng, natwithstandyng, equivalent to not + withstanding. Compare Middle English notgainstonding, not aȝenstondynge, of similar meaning and formation. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|notwithstandinge}} Middle English notwithstandinge, {{compound|en|not|withstanding}} not + withstanding, {{cog|enm|notgainstonding}} Middle English notgainstonding Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} notwithstanding, {{en-prep}} notwithstanding
  1. In spite of, despite. Synonyms: regardless of, maugre (alt: obsolete), see also Thesaurus:despite
    Sense id: en-notwithstanding-en-prep-Z5ZTAhVf
  2. (used postpositively) In spite of, despite. Synonyms: despite, in spite of, maugre (alt: obsolete)
    Sense id: en-notwithstanding-en-prep-Z5ZTAhVf1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: noughtwithstanding [obsolete, rare], nonwithstanding [misconstruction] Derived forms: notwithstanding clause [Canada] Translations (in spite of): عَلَى اَلرَّغْم مِن (ʕalā r-raḡm min) (Arabic), չնայած (čʻnayac) (Armenian), все пак (vse pak) (Bulgarian), no obstant (Catalan), přes (Czech), vzdor (Czech), navzdory (Czech), trods (Danish), uagtet (Danish), niettegenstaande (Dutch), malgraŭ (Esperanto), huolimatta (Finnish), en dépit de (French), nonobstant (French), malgré (French), ungeachtet (German), trotz (German), למרות (lamrot) (Hebrew), אף על פי (af al pi) (Hebrew), þrátt fyrir (Icelandic), malgre (Ido), d’ainneoin (Irish), in ainneoin (Irish), ainneoin (Irish), nonostante (Italian), mimo (Polish), pomimo (Polish), apesar de (Portuguese), în ciuda faptului că (Romanian), несмотря́ на (nesmotrjá na) (Russian), вопреки (vopreki) (Russian), no obstante (Spanish), oaktat (Swedish), trots (Swedish), rağmen (Turkish), karşın (Turkish), незважа́ючи на (nezvažájučy na) (Ukrainian), по́при (pópry) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'in spite of': 50 50

Alternative forms

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          "text": "After this, Amy told her, That notvvithſtanding I vvas angry vvith her, and had uſed her ſo hardly, for ſaying ſomething about her of the ſame kind; yet there vvas an abſolute Neceſſity of ſecuring her, and removing her out of the VVay; […]",
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          "ref": "1679, Habeas Corpus Act, section 11:",
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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "in spite of",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "nezvažájučy na",
      "sense": "in spite of",
      "word": "незважа́ючи на"
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      "code": "uk",
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}

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