Question 1 · Quick check
with
CEFRA1
/wɪð/
preposition
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
preposition
In the company of, using, or having someone or something.
- 02
preposition
Extra detailIn addition to; as an accessory to.
Examples
I think my living with you has influenced your way of living.
People with the disease may lose their ability to communicate.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- [wɪd]
- [wɪt~wɪ(ʔ)]
Deep Dive
preposition
Extra meaningsIn the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
Used to add supplemental information, especially to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
In support of.
More examples
In contextYou're so impatient with me.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
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Origin
preposition
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 othe...