"with-" meaning in English

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Prefix

Etymology: From Middle English with-, from Old English wiþ- (“against, away”, prefix), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþi-, from Proto-Germanic *wiþi- (“counter-, anti-, gain-, with-”), related to Old English wiþ (“with, by, near, against, beside, at, through, for, in return, opposite, towards, to”, preposition). Cognate with Old Frisian with-, Old Saxon with-, Danish ved-, Swedish vid-, Faroese við-, Icelandic við-. Related also to English wither-, and Dutch weder- (“back”), German wider- (“against”), German wieder- (“again”). More at with. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|with-}} Middle English with-, {{inh|en|ang|wiþ-|pos=prefix|t=against, away}} Old English wiþ- (“against, away”, prefix), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*wiþi-}} Proto-West Germanic *wiþi-, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wiþi-|t=counter-, anti-, gain-, with-}} Proto-Germanic *wiþi- (“counter-, anti-, gain-, with-”), {{cog|ang|wiþ|pos=preposition|t=with, by, near, against, beside, at, through, for, in return, opposite, towards, to}} Old English wiþ (“with, by, near, against, beside, at, through, for, in return, opposite, towards, to”, preposition), {{cog|ofs|with-}} Old Frisian with-, {{cog|osx|with-}} Old Saxon with-, {{cog|da|ved-}} Danish ved-, {{cog|sv|vid-}} Swedish vid-, {{cog|fo|við-}} Faroese við-, {{cog|is|við-}} Icelandic við-, {{l|en|wither-}} wither-, {{cog|nl|weder-||back}} Dutch weder- (“back”), {{cog|de|wider-||against}} German wider- (“against”), {{cog|de|wieder-||again}} German wieder- (“again”), {{l|en|with}} with Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} with-, {{en-prefix}} with-
  1. Prefix meaning "against", "in opposition to". Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-with--en-prefix-KU2suvVF Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters
  2. Prefix meaning "back", "back around", "in reverse", "in return". Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-with--en-prefix-Fo00x4-q Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters
  3. Prefix meaning "off", "out", "away", "from". Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-with--en-prefix-U94WlyEK Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters
  4. Prefix meaning "with", "along with", "together (with)". Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-with--en-prefix-l5WFHYFa Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 22 21 34 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 22 20 37

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          "with",
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          "along with",
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