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with - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'with' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . With [ n.]
- See Withe.
2 . With [ prep.]
- With denotes or expresses some situation or relation of nearness, proximity, association, connection, or the like.
- To denote a close or direct relation of opposition or hostility; -- equivalent to against.
- To denote association in respect of situation or environment; hence, among; in the company of.
- To denote a connection of friendship, support, alliance, assistance, countenance, etc.; hence, on the side of.
- To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; -- sometimes equivalent to by.
- To denote association in thought, as for comparison or contrast.
- To denote simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
- To denote having as a possession or an appendage; as, the firmament with its stars; a bride with a large fortune.