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'gainst

or gainst

[ genst, geynst ]

preposition

  1. shortened form of against.


'gainst

/ ɡɛnst; ɡeɪnst /

preposition

  1. poetic.
    short for against
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Officials are still reviewing the case, and additional charges gainst Macareno may be filed, Brown said.

He pointed to the speed at which the encounter went from conversation to fatality — just over a minute — and the larger “bias gainst Black and brown men” in the United States.

Fears about its public finances have driven the pound to its lowest levels gainst the dollar since 1985.

As the first hymn began, with: "He who would valiant be 'gainst all disaster," she appeared, to take her place.

From BBC

And raw feeding — which includes vegetables, animal proteins, bones and other uncooked ingredients — has gone from fringe to trendy, even though numerous authorities have warned gainst it.

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