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with
1[ with, with ]
preposition
- accompanied by; accompanying:
I will go with you. He fought with his brother against the enemy.
- in some particular relation to (especially implying interaction, company, association, conjunction, or connection):
I dealt with the problem. She agreed with me.
- characterized by or having:
a person with initiative.
- (of means or instrument) by the use of; using:
to line a coat with silk; to cut with a knife.
- (of manner) using or showing:
to work with diligence.
- in correspondence, comparison, or proportion to:
Their power increased with their number. How does their plan compare with ours?
- in regard to:
to be pleased with a gift.
- (of cause) owing to:
to die with pneumonia; to pale with fear.
- in the region, sphere, or view of:
It is day with us while it is night with the Chinese.
- (of separation) from:
to part with a thing.
- against, as in opposition or competition:
He fought with his brother over the inheritance.
- in the keeping or service of:
to leave something with a friend.
- in affecting the judgment, estimation, or consideration of:
Her argument carried a lot of weight with the trustees.
- at the same time as or immediately after; upon:
And with that last remark, she turned and left.
- of the same opinion or conviction as:
Are you with me or against me?
- in proximity to or in the same household as:
He lives with his parents.
- (used as a function word to specify an additional circumstance or condition):
We climbed the hill, with Jeff following behind.
with-
2- a combining form of with, having a separative or opposing force:
withstand; withdraw.
with
/ wɪθ; wɪð /
preposition
- using; by means of
he killed her with an axe
- accompanying; in the company of
the lady you were with
- possessing; having
a man with a red moustache
- concerning or regarding
be patient with her
- in spite of
with all his talents, he was still humble
- used to indicate a time or distance by which something is away from something else
with three miles to go, he collapsed
- in a manner characterized by
writing with abandon
- caused or prompted by
shaking with rage
- often used with a verb indicating a reciprocal action or relation between the subject and the preposition's object
chatting with the troops
agreeing with me
- not with you informal.not able to grasp or follow what you are saying
- with it informal.
- fashionable; in style
- comprehending what is happening or being said
- with thatafter that; having said or done that
Word History and Origins
Origin of with1
Word History and Origins
Origin of with1
Idioms and Phrases
- with child, pregnant.
- with it, Slang.
- knowledgeable about, sympathetic to, or partaking of the most up-to-date trends, fashions, art, etc.
- representing or characterized by the most up-to-date trends, fashions, art, etc.
- in with. in ( def 35 ).
- with that. that ( def 19 ).
More idioms and phrases containing with
- alive with
- all over with
- all right with
- all up (with)
- along with
- at home (with)
- at odds (with)
- at one (with)
- bear with
- born with a silver spoon
- both barrels, with
- bound up in (with)
- break with
- burst with
- can do with
- can't do anything with
- cast one's lot with
- caught with one's pants down
- charge with
- clear with
- come down with
- come out with
- come to grips with
- come to terms with
- come up with
- come with the territory
- cook with gas
- damn with faint praise
- deal with
- die with one's boots on
- dispense with
- do away with
- down with
- fall in with
- fence with
- fight fire with fire
- fit in (with)
- fix up with
- get along with
- get an in with
- get away with
- get involved with
- get in with
- get on (with it)
- get over (with)
- get together (with)
- get tough with
- go along (with)
- go halves with
- go hard with
- gone with the wind
- go out (with)
- go through (with)
- go to bed with
- go with
- go with the flow
- green with envy
- handle with gloves
- have a brush with
- have a way with
- have a word with
- have done (with)
- have no truck with
- have pull with
- have to do with
- have words with
- hold with
- in bad with
- in good with
- in league with
- in (with) regard to
- in trouble with
- in with
- it's all over with
- keep up with
- kill with kindness
- laugh and the world laughs with you
- lead with one's chin
- learn to live with
- level with
- lie with
- like a chicken with its head cut off
- over and done with
- over with
- pal around with
- part with
- play ball (with)
- play the devil with
- play with fire
- put up with
- reckon with
- roll with the punches
- rub elbows with
- run around (with)
- run away with
- run off with
- run with
- saddle someone with
- see with half an eye
- settle with
- shake hands with
- shake with laughter
- side with
- sign on with
- sit well with
- sleep with
- spar with
- square with
- stand up with
- stay with
- stick with
- stuck with
- swim with the tide
- take issue with
- taken with
- take the bitter with the sweet
- take the rough with the smooth
- take up with
- tamper with
- tarred with the same brush
- tax with
- team up with
- tinker with
- together with
- to hell with
- top off (with)
- to start with
- toy with
- trouble one's head with
- vote with one's feet
- walk off with
- what's with
- what with
- you can't take it with you
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The Caiman offers a range of option packages, from bristling-with-machine-guns, to monster-truck-field-hospital.
He referred to this risky state of affairs as “the babushka-with-uranium-in-the-chicken-shed” problem.
After the “man-with-a-cap” shot up the Libération offices yesterday he headed to the other side of town on the Métro.
Patience is virtue—a really, painfully difficult-to-deal-with virtue.
They were not ostentatious as much as they were happy—in a grownup, made-peace-with-it-all way.
The little shoe, whose silken laces had become loose in walking, lay in the road covered-with dust.
This garrison arrived at the moment when the insurgents, confiding on the Governor's promise, were with-drawing.
So late home to supper and to bed, weary-with walking so long to no purpose in the Park to-day.
And yet—can you understand it?With a tender smile and a tear, And a half-compassionate yearning,I felt her grown more dear.
But America had given the world a new form of transportation, trains that run without rails and with-out coal.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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