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over against

over against preposition: in comparison to.

Preposition

over against

  1. In comparison to.
    • Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.” Then you will not take pride in one man over against another.1984, The Holy Bible, New International Version, Zondervan, →ISBN, 1 Corinthians 4:6
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, against.
    • Then he took his place over against the wall.1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXVII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 272

over against meaning in Tamil

over against in Tamil

எதிர்

Questions about over against

What does over against mean?
Over against means in comparison to.
What is over against in Tamil?
Over against in Tamil is எதிர். See Over against meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is over against?
Over against is a preposition.

Words near over against in the dictionary

  1. over
  2. over 'n' out
  3. over 9000
  4. over a barrel
  5. over again
  6. over against
  7. over and above
  8. over and done
  9. over and done with
  10. over and out
  11. over and over

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Adapted from Wiktionary: over against (page history and authors); over against (Tamil 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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