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[wɪð], (Adposition)
Definitions:
- accompanied by (another person or thing)
(e.g: a nice steak with a bottle of red wine)
- having or possessing (something)
(e.g: a flower-sprigged blouse with a white collar)
- indicating the instrument used to perform an action
(e.g: cut the fish with a knife)
- in opposition to
(e.g: a row broke out with another man)
- indicating the manner or attitude in which a person does something
(e.g: the people shouted with pleasure)
- indicating responsibility
(e.g: leave it with me)
- in relation to
(e.g: my father will be angry with me)
- employed by
(e.g: she's with the Inland Revenue now)
- in the same direction as
(e.g: marine mammals generally swim with the current)
- indicating separation or removal from something
(e.g: to part with one's dearest possessions)
Phrases:
- away with
- be with someone
- with that
Origin
:
Old English wiþ, probably a shortening of a Germanic preposition related to obsolete English wither ‘adverse, opposite’
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