Against vs Objection - What's the difference?
against | objection |
A close but separated relationship.
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#Close to.(rfex)
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#In front of; before a background.
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#In physical contact with.
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#In physical opposition to, or in collision with.
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A contrasting or competitive relationship.
#In contrast and/or comparison with.
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#In competition with, versus.
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#*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
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, title= In exchange for.(rfex)
As counterbalance to.(rfex)
As a charge on.(rfex)
As protection from.
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(lb) Exposed to.(rfex)
In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
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*:He wrote to a friend of his, that he lived but with browne bread and water, and entreated him to send him a piece of cheese, against the time he was to make a solemne feast.
(obsolete) By the time that (something happened); before.
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In opposition to something.
(gambling) Having a specified likelihood of not winning or happening.
The act of objecting.
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, title= A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to ).
(legal) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.
As a preposition against
is A close but separated relationship.As a conjunction against
is by the time that (something happened); before.As an adverb against
is in opposition to something.As a noun objection is
the act of objecting.against
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Alternative forms
* againest (obsolete), agaynst (obsolete), agaynest (obsolete) * agenst (obsolete), agenest (obsolete), ageinst (obsolete), ageinest (qualifier), ageynst (obsolete), ageynest (qualifier), agin (colloquial or humorous)Preposition
(English prepositions)“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2
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Wild Plants to the Rescue, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist), passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
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Synonyms
* (in competition with) versusAntonyms
* for * withConjunction
(head)- Thence she them brought into a stately Hall, / Wherein were many tables faire dispred, / And ready dight with drapets festiuall, / Against the viaundes should be ministred.
- He now gave Mrs Deborah positive orders to take the child to her own bed, and to call up a maid-servant to provide it pap, and other things, against it waked.
Adverb
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Noun
(en noun)Ed Pilkington
‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told, passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}