in spite of
in spite of preposition: despite, irrespective of, notwithstanding.
Preposition
in spite of
- Despite, irrespective of, notwithstanding.
- No evening I had passed at Bly had the portentous quality of this one; in spite of which—and in spite also of the deeper depths of consternation that had opened beneath my feet—there was literally, in the ebbing actual, an extraordinarily sweet sadness.1898, Henry James, The Turn of the Screw, Courier Dover Publications, published 1991, →ISBN, page 72
- The railway is still vital to Jordan's export trade, but in spite of the poor quality of the road, diesel lorries are gradually robbing it of freight traffic, and anyone who can afford to fly does so rather than face the long desert journey by rail.1956 March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 167
- Synonyms:
- maugre, regardless of, despite, with, for all, irrespective of, notwithstanding, without considering, without regard for
in spite of meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
in spite of in Tamil
- இருந்த போதிலும், இருந்துங்கூட
in spite of in Urdu
- باوجود
in spite of in Bengali
- in spite of
- তবু tobu, তবুও tobuō, অথচ ôthôco
in spite of in Malayalam
- notwithstanding, despite, regardless of
- എന്നിട്ടുപോലും, എന്നുവരുകിലും, എന്നാലും, എങ്കിൽ തന്നെയും, അങ്ങനെയാണെങ്കിലും, അതൊന്നും കണക്കാക്കാതെ
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- in spite of in Kannada
- ಹೀಗಿದ್ದರೂ, ಅಷ್ಟಾದರೂ
- in spite of in Tagalog
- sa kabila ng
- in spite of in Arabic
- رَغْم أَنَّ raḡm ʔanna, رُغْم أَنَّ ruḡm ʔanna, بِالرَّغْمِ مِن bi-r-raḡm min, عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِن ʕalā r-raḡmi min
- in spite of in Persian
- با وجود bâ vojud-e, با اینکه bâ in-ke, علی رغم alâ raġm-e
Synonyms of in spite of
- regardless of
- despite
- with
- for all
- irrespective of
- notwithstanding
- without considering
- without regard for
- maugre
Words formed from in spite of
Questions about in spite of
- What does in spite of mean?
- In spite of means despite, irrespective of, notwithstanding.
- What is in spite of in Tamil?
- In spite of in Tamil is இருந்த போதிலும், இருந்துங்கூட. See In spite of meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is in spite of?
- In spite of is a preposition.
Words near in spite of in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: in spite of (page history and authors); in spite of (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); in spite of (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অথচ (Bengali) (page history and authors); in spite of (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); in spite of (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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