(Preposition)AGAINST

ACTION AGAINST:taking a case against. They will bring an action

against her in the court of law.

BATTLE AGAINST:a fight against somebody or something. The battle

against AIDS continues.

BIAS AGAINST:to think unfavourably. The board of directors was biased

against the new contractor.

BLACK AGAINST: look black with certain background. The hills looked

black against the moon.

BOUNCE AGAINST:throw at. The chidren bounced the ball against the wall.

CAUTION AGAINST:warn or advise against. You should exercise caution

against that fellow.

COMPLAIN AGAINST: I SHALL COMPLAIN AGAINST YOU TO THE HIGHER AUTHORITIES.

CONSPIRACY AGAINST:a secret plan to harm. A big consipracy against the

government came to light during the investigation.

COUNT AGAINST: consider something as disadvantageous, be unfavourable.

It would count against me if i make a false statement to favour you.

CRUSADE AGAINST:struggle against somethinng. Let us start a crusade

against corruption.

CONSPIRACY AGAINST:a secret plan to harm. A big consipracy against the

government came to light during the investigation.

COUNT AGAINST: consider something as disadvantageous, be unfavourable.

It would count against me if i make a false statement to favour you.

CRUSADE AGAINST:struggle against somethinng. Let us start a crusade

against corruption.

DECIDE AGAINST:take a decision against sometthing. She decided against

joining the party.

DEFENCE AGAINST:something used as protection. Gold is considered a

good defence against prise rise doing.

DEMONSTRATE AGAINST:to express opposition by organising marches

meeting etc. People demonstrated in the streets against

criminalisation of politics.

FIGHT AGAINST:struggle against. Fight against terrorism should continue.

GO AGAINST:contradict. The rules go against the party's declared policy.

GO AGAINST:do something different than asked to do. He dared to go

against the wishes of his father.

GO AGAINST:be unfavourable. The judgement went against the vested interest.

GRIEVANCE AGAINST:cause of complaint, reason of protest.  A saint has

no greivance against anybody.

GRUDGE AGAINST: have a feeling of anger or dislike against someone.

She had a grudge against me.

GUARD AGAINST:protect by being cautious. Guard against your eating too

much sweets.

HAVE AGAINST:disapprove of a person. He has nothing against me or my family.

HEDGE AGAINST: try to protect against a loss, specially financial

loss. He was wise to hedge against losses in stocks.

HOLD AGAINST:to allow something bad that someone has done to make you

hate them. I am sure he would not hold against me.

HOPE AGAINST:to hope for something when it unlikely to be true. She

was terminally ill but her mother hoped against hope that she would

not die.

INJUNTION AGAINST:order by a court forbidding somebody from doing

something. The company sought an injection against the judgement of

the lower court.

INOCULATE AGAINST:protect against a disease. Leela was inoculated

against hepatitis.

INSURANCE AGAINST:arrangement of payment of costs etc in case of loss,

injury, death etc against premium. I have an insurance against any

type of disability.

INSURE AGAINST:action taken to prevent something unpleasant affecting

somebody. She insured her harvest against  drought.

INVEIGH AGAINST:criticise strongly. We are in the habit of inveighing

against anything we dislike.

JOSTLE AGAINST:push about. He jostled against the crowd at the railway station.

KNOCK AGAINST: collide. his head knocked against the door.

LAP AGAINST: hit against in small waves. The lake water lapped against the wall.

LEAN AGAINST: take support: do not lean against the wall.

LOADED AGAINST:said of someone not likely to succeed. The odds were

loaded against himanshu.

LODGE AGAINST: he lodged a complaint against mohan.

MEASURE AGAINST:judge somebody's value by using other person as a

standard. It is an excellent offer if we measure it against other

received so far.

MILITATE AGAINST:to make somethig less likely to happen, prevent

something  from happening. The villagers militiated against

acquirement of their agricultural land.

NESTLE AGAINST: be very close to somebody pressing yourself against

them. The tigress lay asking in the sun and her cubs nestling against

her.

OFFENCE AGAINST:a crime or illegal action against somebody. Dowry is

an offence against humanity.

OFFEND AGAINST:to break a law. He offended against law by smoking in

the hospital.

OUTCRY AGAINST: an angry protest against something. There was an

outcry against apartheid.

OUTRAGE AGAINST: a feeling of strong shock and anger against something

or some person. They were filled with a sense of outrage against

child-abuse.

PETITION AGAINST:appeal against something. We are thinking to petition

against the stray dogs.

PIN AGAINST:trap a person between youself and something. He pinned the

girl against the wall.

PIT AGAINST:be in composition against somebody. He was pitted against

a formidable rival.

PLAT AGAINST:play a game against. The west club played against city sporting.

POWERLESS AGAINST: weak against something, not be able to stop or

control something. The farmers were powerless against the might

landlords.

PREJUDICED AGAINST:to have unreasonable dislike of somebody or

something. Meera was prejudiced against her arranged marriage.

PRESS AGAINST:to push something firmly against a surface. He pressed

his nose against her cheek.

PROCEED AGAINST: to began a legal case. The lawyer proceeded against

the pick-pocket.

PROTECT AGAINST:keep safe from harm against something. Inoculation

protects us against diseases.

PROTECTION AGAINST: the act of protecting. Earliar there was no

protection against many diseases.

PROTEST AGAISNT: strong disapproval and anger. The bill was passed in

spite of protest against it.

RACE AGAINST: to compete against something or someone. Our batsman

raced against time.

RAIL AGAINST:protest bitterly,complain angrily. they railed against

police inaction in the matter.They were railing against price rise.

RAISE AGAINST: oppose vehemently. they raised their voice against

water security. Many voices were raised against prostitution.

RANGE AGAINST:to state your oppositon publicly. The people ranged

themselves against any demoliton.

RAVE AGAINST:oppose widely. They raved against the callous officials.

REACT AGAINST: respond in a hostile way. They reacted against the

management by shouting slogans.

REACTION AGAINST:change in behaviour because of their disapproval.

What was her reaction against the  idea.

REBEL AGAINST:protest violently. They rebelled against the foreign rule.

REST AGAINST/ON: lie, lean on something. The bicycle rested on the wall.

RETALIATE AGAINST: punish or harm in return for some injury etc. They

retaliated against the  ordinance by going on strike.

REVOLT AGAINST: take violent action against. They revolved against

taxation without representation.

RULE AGAINST:decision that goes against something or somebody. The

court ruled against their proposal.

SANCTION AGAINST:stop trading with another country. The US sanctions

against iraq were controversial.

SECURE AGAINST:make safe against harm. The fort was secure against any attact.

SET AGAINST:make people enemies. Her love made the two friends set

against each other.

SIN AGAINST:trangress a moral law.She sinned against morality by

disobeying her parents.

SLAP AGAINST:strike against something.Sea waves slapped against the shore.

TAKE AGAINST:start disliking a person. She started taking against her employee.

TELL AGAINST:indicate that something or someone is not likely to

succeed. The facts tell against the scheme.

TURN AGAINST:dislike or disapprove. Public opinion has turned against casteism.

VOTE AGAINST: oppose by ballot or show of hands. He vote against the motion.

WARN AGAINST:  advise not to do something because itmay be dangerous.

I warned the boy against fire-crackers.

WEIGH AGAINST: reject, disfavour. We should weigh its cost against its

usefulness.

WORK AGAINST: impede. His lack  of punctuality works against his success.