against

/əˈɡeɪnst/

US pronunciation

American sound/əˈɡeɪnst/

əˈɡeɪnst

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

ə - ˈɡeɪnst -> against

Myanmar meaning

(prep) ဆန့်ကျင်လျက်။ ဆန်လျက်။ ရင်ဆိုင်လျက်။ ခံ၍။ အခြားဘက်မှ။ မလိုလား (သည့်ဘက်မှ)။ မထောက်ခံဘဲ။ (အလားအလာ) ကင်းဝေးလျက်။ ဟန့်တားလျက်။

Full entry

against /ǝ'genst, ǝ'geÇnst / prep

၁။ (က) ဆန့်ကျင်လျက်။ ဆန်လျက်။ ရင်ဆိုင်လျက်။ ခံ၍။ အခြားဘက်မှ။ … fights against enemy forces ❍ We're playing against the league champions next Saturday. ❍ We were rowing against the current. ❍ That's against the law. ❍ She was married against her will. ❍ Some people were for the proposal, but many more were against it.
(ခ) မလိုလား (သည့်ဘက်မှ)။ She is against seeing (ie does not want to see) him. ❍ I'd advise you against doing (ie not to do) that. (ဂ) မထောက်ခံဘဲ။ (အလားအလာ) ကင်းဝေးလျက်။ ဟန့်တားလျက်။ The evidence is against him. ❍ The odds are strongly against it. ❍ His age is against him. Compare FOR
၂။ မှီကပ်လျက်။ တိုးဝှေ့ရိုက်ခတ်လျက်။ Put the piano there, with its back against the wall. ❍ He was leaning against a tree. ❍ The rain beat against the windows.
၃။ ဘေး၊ အန္တရာယ်၊ ရောဂါဖြစ်ပွားခြင်းမှ။ …ရန်မှ။ take precautions against fire ❍ protect plants against frost ❍ an injection against rabies ❍ be insured against theft.
၄။ ကွဲပြားခြားနားလျက်။ တသီးတခြား။ ထင်းထင်းကြီး။ သိသာထင်ရှားစွာ။ … silhouetted against the sky ❍ The skier's red clothes stood out clearly against the snow. ❍ House prices here are low against those elsewhere. See also AS AGAINST STH (AS)
၅။ … နှင့်စာလျှင်။ … နှင့် တိုက်ဆိုင်၍။ balance/weigh the advantages against the cost ❍ Check your receipts against the statement.
၆။ မူတည်၍။ What's the rate of exchange against the dollar? ❍ Tickets are issued only against payment of the full fee.
၇။ …နှင့်ယှဉ်၍။ allowances to be set against income.

More examples

Amnesty International has campaigned publicly against the death penalty.
I’m against all forms of censorship.
England’s World Cup game against Argentina
The king’s son died in battle, fighting against the Persians.
The fight against drugs in our city’s schools
The dictator is charged with crimes against humanity.
Police are investigating death threats made against a prosecution witness.
Illegal discrimination against homosexuals
[count against] : He’s over 40, so his age may count against him.
There was growing resentment among the people against their foreign rulers.
[turn against] : Louis turned against his former ally, and withdrew his support.
[accusation/charge/allegation against someone] : Accusations of bribery had been made against the vice-president.
Police are expected to bring criminal charges against Warren.
He leaned over and his lips brushed against her hair.
I fell heavily against the bookshelves.
We left Ron’s bicycle propped against a tree.
The state has a law against cruelty to animals.
The plants must be protected against frost until late spring.
All the children have been vaccinated against diseases such as polio.
We were sailing against a strong easterly wind.
The dark ruins of the castle stood out against the evening sky.
This year’s profits amounted to only £35 million, against £52 million last year.
[as against] : Why is there a preference for the American system as against the British?

Synonyms

next to, alongside, beside, touching, adjacent to, aligned with, abutting, across, adjacent, against the grain, agin, anti, antithetic, at any cost, at cross-purposes, at odds, at variance with, athwart, close to, come what may, compared to, con, contra, contradictory, contrarily, contrariwise, contrary to, conversely, counter, counter to, critical of, dissentient, distinct from, facing, for all that, hostile to, ill-disposed, in any case, in contact with, in contradiction of, in contrast to, in defiance of, in opposition, in opposition to, in spite of everything, inconsonant, leaning on, leaving aside, loath, nay, naysaying, negative, no go, no matter what, not in favor of, not on speaking terms, obstructive, on, on top of, onto, opposed, opposed to, opposing, opposite to, paradoxical, privative, recusant, regardless, repugnant, resting on, revulsive, situated on, unaccommodating, unaffirmative, uncheerful, unconformable, uneager, unfitted, unfriendly, uninclined, unneighborly, unobliging, unready, unwilling, unwishful, up against, up on, versus, vs, without considering, without regard to

Antonyms

for, in favor of, pro, supporting, sympathetic