AGAINST meaning: In opposition to; facing adversity

We found 31 dictionaries that define the word against:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

against: Merriam-Webster
against: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
against: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
against: Collins English Dictionary
against: Vocabulary.com
Against, against: Wordnik
against: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
against: Wiktionary
against: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
against: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
against: Infoplease Dictionary
Against, against: Dictionary.com
against: Online Etymology Dictionary
against: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Against (Australian band), Against (Sepultura album), Against (album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Against: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
against: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
against: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
against: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
against: FreeDictionary.org
against: TheFreeDictionary.com
against: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
against: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
against: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)

Against (album), against: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
against: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

against: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
against: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (

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▸ noun:  the seventh studio album by the Brazilian metal band Sepultura, released in 1998 through Roadrunner Records.
▸ noun:  an Australian hardcore punk band from Brisbane, Australia.
▸ noun:  (styled as AgainST) an American crossover thrash band, formed in 2006 for the Welcome 2 Venice compilation by singer-songwriter Dan Clements, original Suicidal Tendencies members Grant Estes, Louiche Mayorga and Amery Smith and former No Mercy vocalist Kevin Guercio.

Opposite:

for, with, supporting, pro, favoring

Types:

for, neutral, undecided, undecided about, more...

Phrases:

up against, struggle against, protest against, guard against, revolt against, more...

Adjectives:

crime, more, protest, sinned, protecting, voting, discriminated, judgment, same, three, nays

Colors:

black, red, gray, dark blue, maroon, more...

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