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- pronunciation:
- dih
spaIt
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preposition |
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If you go to school despite feeling sick, you go to school even though you feel sick. You go anyway. If a team plays a big game despite missing its best player, the team plays even though the best player cannot play. It's a bad thing, but the team plays anyway. If you like someone despite the fact that they don't like you, you still like them even though they don't feel the same about you.
Allison has two cats despite the fact that she is allergic to them.The boat race took place despite the rain.- antonyms:
- because
- similar words:
- in spite of
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