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with-

with- prefix: prefix meaning "against", "in opposition to".

Prefix

with-

  1. Prefix meaning "against", "in opposition to".
    • withfight, withstand, withset, withsay, withspeak
  2. Prefix meaning "back", "back around", "in reverse", "in return".
    • withbuy, withcall, withdraw, withdrive, withgive, withhold, withturn
  3. Prefix meaning "off", "out", "away", "from".
    • withbear, withgive, withgo, withhang, withsave, withseek
  4. Prefix meaning "with", "along with", "together (with)".
    • withgang, withjoin, withtake

Origin of with-

From Middle English with-, from Old English wiþ- (“against, away”, prefix), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþi-, from Proto-Germanic *wiþi- (“counter-, anti-, gain-, with-”), related to Old English wiþ (“with, by, near, against, beside, at, through, for, in return, opposite, towards, to”, preposition). Cognate with Old Frisian with-, Old Saxon with-, Danish ved-, Swedish vid-, Faroese við-, Icelandic við-. Related also to English wither-, and Dutch weder- (“back”), German wider- (“against”), German wieder- (“again”). More at with.

Questions about with-

What does with- mean?
With- means prefix meaning "against", "in opposition to".
What part of speech is with-?
With- is a prefix.

Words near with- in the dictionary

  1. with training wheels
  2. with us
  3. with whole skin
  4. with young
  5. with't
  6. with-
  7. with-held
  8. with-hold
  9. with-holden
  10. with-holding
  11. with-holds

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