"notwithstanding" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "notwithstanding",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Preposition"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "name": "preposition"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We're going ahead with the event as planned, notwithstanding the heavy rain and wind."
        },
        {
          "text": "He's really a terrible man, his excellent work notwithstanding."
        },
        {
          "text": "Notwithstanding, the problem is a significant one."
        },
        {
          "text": "You live an eternal life notwithstanding that your seat of consciousness is currently physical."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something is true notwithstanding something else, it is true in spite of that other thing."
      ],
      "id": "simple-notwithstanding-en-prep-G-s-wXnf"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌnɒtwɪθˈstændɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌnɑːtwɪθˈstændɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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        "US"
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
  "word": "notwithstanding"
}

{
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    {
      "form": "notwithstanding",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Preposition"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We're going ahead with the event as planned, notwithstanding the heavy rain and wind."
        },
        {
          "text": "He's really a terrible man, his excellent work notwithstanding."
        },
        {
          "text": "Notwithstanding, the problem is a significant one."
        },
        {
          "text": "You live an eternal life notwithstanding that your seat of consciousness is currently physical."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something is true notwithstanding something else, it is true in spite of that other thing."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌnɒtwɪθˈstændɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌnɑːtwɪθˈstændɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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  "word": "notwithstanding"
}