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- 1 Along, together with others, in a group, etc. US, informal, not-comparable, regional
"Do you want to come with?"
- 1 Alternative form of withe. alt-of, alternative
"And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man."
- 1 Against.
"He picked a fight with the class bully."
- 2 In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
"He went with his friends."
- 3 In addition to; as an accessory to.
"She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar."
- 4 Used to add supplemental information, especially to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
"Jim was listening to Bach with his eyes closed."
- 5 In support of.
"We are with you all the way."
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- 6 In regard to.
"There are a number of problems with your plan."
- 7 To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by. obsolete
"slain with robbers"
- 8 Using as an instrument; by means of.
"cut with a knife"
- 9 Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on. obsolete
"I am fain to dine and sup with water and bran."
- 10 Having, owning.
"It was small and bumpy, with a tinge of orange."
- 11 Affected by (a certain emotion or condition).
"Speak with confidence."
- 12 Prompted by (a certain emotion).
"overcome with happiness"
- 13 In the employment of.
"She was with Acme for twenty years before retiring last fall."
- 14 Considering; taking into account.
"With your kind of body size, you shouldn’t be eating pizza at all."
- 15 Keeping up with; understanding; following along.
"That was a lot to explain; are you still with me?"
Etymology
From Middle English with, from Old English wiþ (“against, opposite, toward, with”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþi, a shortened form of Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”). In Middle English, the word shifted to denote association rather than opposition, displacing Middle English mid (“with”), from Old English mid (“with”), from Proto-Germanic *midi; an earlier model of this meaning shift exists in cognate Old Norse við; elsewhere, the converse meaning shift is exemplified by Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩺𐩬 (byn, “between, amid”) spawning Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩬 (bn, “against”) and even likewise frequent reverse meaning 𐩨𐩬 (bn, “from”). The adverb sense is probably a semantic loan from various other Germanic languages, such as German mit, Norwegian med, and Swedish med.
From Middle English with, from Old English wiþ (“against, opposite, toward, with”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþi, a shortened form of Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”). In Middle English, the word shifted to denote association rather than opposition, displacing Middle English mid (“with”), from Old English mid (“with”), from Proto-Germanic *midi; an earlier model of this meaning shift exists in cognate Old Norse við; elsewhere, the converse meaning shift is exemplified by Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩺𐩬 (byn, “between, amid”) spawning Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩬 (bn, “against”) and even likewise frequent reverse meaning 𐩨𐩬 (bn, “from”). The adverb sense is probably a semantic loan from various other Germanic languages, such as German mit, Norwegian med, and Swedish med.
From Middle English withe, wiþþe, from Old English wiþþe. More at withe.
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