With vs It - What's the difference?
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Against.
* 1621 , , The Proceedings of the English Colony in Virginia [http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/john_smith.html]
In the company of; alongside, along side of; close to; near to.
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In addition to; as an accessory to.
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* 1590 , Sir (Philip Sidney), (w, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia) ,
* 1697 , (Virgil), (John Dryden) (translator), '', in ''The Works of Virgil ,
* 1861 , (Alexander Pope), The Rev. George Gilfillan (editor) The Fourth Pastoral, or Daphne'', in ''
* 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) Chapter 2
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, title= In support of.
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, title= (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
* 1300s? , Political, Religious and Love Poems , “An A B C Poem on the Passion of Christ”, ed. (Frederick James Furnivall), 1866
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* 1669 , (Nathaniel Morton), New England’s Memorial
Using as an instrument; by means of.
* 1430? , “The Love of Jesus” in Hymns to the Virgin and Christ , ed. (Frederick James Furnivall), 1867, p.26
* 1619 , (Francis Beaumont) and (John Fletcher), A King and no King , Act IV
* 1620 , (William Bradford). Of Plymouth Plantation [http://narcissus.umd.edu:8080/eada/html/display.jsp?docs=bradford_history.xml&action=show]
* 1677 , (w), The plain-dealer , Prologue
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (obsolete) As nourishment, more recently replaced by on.
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Having, owning.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (Midwestern US) along, together with others/group etc.
* King James Bible
The third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, to an inanimate thing with no or unknown sex or gender.
A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child of unknown gender.
* 1847 , Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre , Chapter IV:
Used to refer to oneself when identifying oneself, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object. (known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive)
All or the end; something after which there is no more.
(obsolete, relative) That which; what.
* 1643 , (Thomas Browne), Religio Medici , II.2:
One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
* 1995 , Neil Weiner, Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius, Shattered innocence (page 8)
* 1920 , (Herman Cyril McNeile), Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.
* 2000 , Katherine T. Thomas, Amelia M. Lee, Jerry R. Thomas, Physical education for children (page 464)
(British, uncountable) The game of tag.
(colloquial) most fashionable.
* Vibe , Vol. 15, No. 9, p. 202, September 2007:
* David Germain,
(language) Italian.
Italy.
As a preposition with
is against.As an adverb with
is (midwestern us) along, together with others/group etc.As a noun with
is .As a symbol it is
the iso 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for italy.with
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) with, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * (obsolete contraction) * (abbreviation) *Preposition
(English prepositions)- Many hatchets, knives, & pieces of iron, & brass, we see, which they reported to have from the Sasquesahanocks a mighty people, and mortal enemies with the Massawomecks.
- With that she told me that though she spake of her father, whom she named Chremes, she would hide no truth from me: ...
- With this he pointed to his face, and show'd
- His hand and all his habit smear'd with blood.
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope,
- See where, on earth, the flowery glories lie,
- With' her they flourish'd, and ' with her they die.
- With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hobhouse Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.
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- Al þus with iewys I am dyth, I seme a wyrm to manus syth.
- Ysiphile, betrayed with Jasoun, / Maketh of your trouthe neyther boost ne soun;
- He was torn to / pieces with a bear:
- He was sick and lame of the scurvy, so as he could but lie in the cabin-door, and give direction, and, it should seem, was badly assisted either with mate or mariners
- Þirle my soule with þi spere anoon,
- you have paid me equal, Heavens, / And sent my own rod to correct me with
- They had cut of his head upon the cudy of his boat had not the man reskued him with a sword,
- And keep each other company in spite, / As rivals in your common mistress, fame, / And with faint praises one another damn;
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- I am fain to dine and sup with water and bran.
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Quotations
* (English Citations of "with")Derived terms
* withness * with itSynonyms
* * (medicine)Antonyms
* withoutAdverb
(-)- Do you want to come with?
Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
Statistics
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English
(wikipedia it)Alternative forms
* (dialectal) (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m) ( > English dialectal . More at (l).Alternative forms
* itt (obsolete)Pronoun
- Put it over there.
- Take each day as it comes.
- She took the baby and held it in her arms.
- A child cannot quarrel with its' elders, as I had done; cannot give ' its furious feelings uncontrolled play, as I had given mine, without experiencing afterwards the pang of remorse and the chill of reaction.
- It' s me. John.
- It is nearly 10 o’clock.
- It ’s very cold today.
- It ’s lonely without you.
- It is easy to see how she would think that.
- I find it odd that you would say that.
- He saw to it that everyone would vote for him.
- Are there more students in this class, or is this it ?
- That's it —I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
- In briefe, I am content, and what should providence add more? Surely this is it wee call Happinesse, and this doe I enjoy [...].
Quotations
* (English Citations of "it")Derived terms
(Derived terms) * buy it * do it * for it * move it * that’s it * watch itSee also
* he * her * him * I * me * she * thee * them * they * thou * us * we * ye * youNoun
(en noun)- Too often, children become an "it " in their homes and their humanness is devalued.
- His master glanced up quickly, and removed the letter from his hands. "I'm surprised at you, James," he remarked severely. "A secretary should control itself. Don't forget that the perfect secretary is an it : an automatic machine—a thing incapable of feeling.…"
- In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it …
- When there are only two children left who haven't been tagged, I will stop the game, and we will start over with those children starting as the Its .
- Let's play it at breaktime.
Adjective
(-)- Going away for the weekend and feel the need to profile en route? This is the "it " bag.
Hilarious ‘Kick-Ass’ delivers bloody fun, Associated Press, 2010:
- With Hit Girl, Moretz is this year's It Girl, alternately sweet, savage and scary.