With

Preposition

 * 1) against
 * He picked a fight with the class bully.
 * 1) * 1621, John Smith, The Proceedings of the English Colony in Virginia
 * Many hatchets, knives, & pieces of iron, & brass, we see, which they reported to have from the Sasquesahanocks a mighty people, and mortal enemies with the Massawomecks
 * 1) in the company of; alongside, along side of; close to; near to:
 * He went with his friends.
 * 1) in addition to; as an accessory to:
 * She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
 * 1) * 1590, Sir Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia,
 * With that she told me that though she spake of her father, whom she named Chremes, she would hide no truth from me: ...
 * 1) * 1697, Virgil, John Dryden (translator), Aeneid, in The Works of Virgil,
 * With this he pointed to his face, and show'd
 * His hand and all his habit smear'd with blood.
 * 1) * 1861, Alexander Pope, The Rev. George Gilfillan (editor) The Fourth Pastoral, or Daphne, in The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope,
 * See where, on earth, the flowery glories lie,
 * With her they flourish'd, and with her they die.
 * 1) in support of:
 * We are with you all the way.
 * 1)  To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
 * slain with robbers
 * 1) * 1300s?, Political, Religious and Love Poems, “An A B C Poem on the Passion of Christ”, ed. Frederick James Furnivall, 1866
 * Al þus with iewys I am dyth, I seme a wyrm to manus syth.
 * , 266
 * Ysiphile, betrayed with Jasoun, / Maketh of your trouthe neyther boost ne soun;
 * , V-ii
 * He was torn to / pieces with a bear:
 * 1) * 1669, Nathaniel Morton, New England’s Memorial
 * He was sick and lame of the scurvy, so as he could but lie in the cabin-door, and give direction, and, it should seem, was badly assisted either with mate or mariners
 * 1) as an instrument; by means of
 * cut with a knife
 * 1) * 1430?, “The Love of Jesus” in Hymns to the Virgin and Christ, ed. Frederick James Furnivall, 1867, p.26
 * Þirle my soule with þi spere anoon,
 * 1) * 1619, Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, A King and no King, Act IV
 * you have paid me equal, Heavens, / And sent my own rod to correct me with
 * 1) * 1620, William Bradford. Of Plymouth Plantation
 * They had cut of his head upon the cudy of his boat had not the man reskued him with a sword,
 * 1) * 1677, William Wycherley, The plain-dealer, Prologue
 * And keep each other company in spite, / As rivals in your common mistress, fame, / And with faint praises one another damn;
 * 1)  as nourishment, more recently replaced by on
 * , IV-iii
 * I am fain to dine and sup with water and bran
 * I am fain to dine and sup with water and bran

Derived terms

 * withness

Synonyms

 * w/

Antonyms

 * without

Thesaurus
about, added to, along with, amid, amidst, among, amongst, as well as, at, at all costs, at any cost, attended by, by, by dint of, by means of, by use of, by virtue of, by way of, coupled with, despite, even with, for, from, hereby, herewith, in, in addition to, in agreement with, in association with, in company with, in conjunction with, in cooperation with, in despite of, in favor of, in keeping with, in line with, in spite of, in there with, in virtue of, including, inclusive of, irregardless, irrespective of, let alone, linked to, mid, midst, near, next to, not to mention, on, over and above, partnered with, per, plus, pro, regardless, regardless of, regardless of cost, right with, spite of, thanks to, thereby, therewith, through, to, together on, together with, toward, upon, via, whereby, wherewith, wherewithal

Etymology
From with:, from  wiþ:, a shortened form of wiþer:, from, from ; from. Cognate with German wider: and wieder:, Dutch weer:, ved:,  vid:. In Middle English, the word shifted to denote association rather than opposition, displacing mid:, from  mid:. Cognate to Old-Frisian mith:, Modern Frisian mei:, Dutch met: and German mit:.

Pronunciation

 * preconsonantal


 * prevocalic

Translations

 * Czech:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish:
 * Japanese:


 * Kurdish:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Tunisian Arabic:


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مع
 * Tunisian Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܥܡ (ʕam)
 * Hebrew: עם (ʕam)
 * Armenian: հետ
 * Azeri: ilə
 * Belarusian: з
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: с (s)
 * Catalan: amb
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 跟, 和, 與, 与
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: med
 * Dutch: ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: kera, luona, -ineen, kanssa
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Guaraní: ndi
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: साथ
 * Hungarian: -val/-vel,
 * Hungarian: -val/-vel,


 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua: con
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, とともに, 一緒
 * Korean: 와
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Maltese: ma', mal-,
 * Novial: kun
 * Persian: با, ابا
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: กับ, ด้วย
 * Tupinambá: irumo
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: з
 * Urdu: ساتھ
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: מיט


 * Arabic: (bi-)
 * Tunisian Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܥܡ (ʕam)
 * Hebrew: עם (ʕam)
 * Bulgarian: с (s)
 * Catalan: amb
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 跟, 和, 與, 与
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: kera, -ineen
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: με (mé), μαζί (mazí)
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: -val/-vel
 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua: con


 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: …を伴って (o tomonatta), …付きの (tsuki no)
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Maltese: ma'
 * Novial: kun
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish: מיט


 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܥܡ (ʕam)
 * Hebrew: עם (ʕam)
 * Bulgarian: с (s)
 * Catalan: amb
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua: con
 * Irish:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: …に賛成して (ni sansei shite), …を支持して (o shiji shite)
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Maltese: ma'
 * Novial: kun
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tunisian Arabic:
 * West Frisian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: (uses the instrumental case)
 * Dutch:
 * Hebrew:


 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Tunisian Arabic:


 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: -ܒ (b'-)
 * Hebrew: -ב (b'-)
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 用
 * Czech: (uses the instrumental case or (less often)),
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: -lla / -llä, -in
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: -val/-vel
 * Icelandic:


 * Ido:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, …を使って (-o tsukatte)
 * Latin:
 * Novial: per
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:, por
 * Swedish:
 * Tunisian Arabic:


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:


 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * : yo
 * : amb
 * : sa
 * : ndive, ndie
 * : kun, per
 * : irúnamo
 * : ile, yanında
 * : ko, lä

Anagrams

 * whit, Whit