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with /wɪð /preposition1Accompanied by (another person or thing): a nice steak with a bottle of red wine...- It is accompanied with a golden vest and hair ornament hanging down to the shoulder.
- The tamarind provides a novel change to lemon as an accompaniment with the prawn.
- Stumped for a good red wine capable of accompanying duck served with a bitter cherry sauce?
Synonyms accompanied by, in the company of, escorted by 2Having or possessing (something): a flower-sprigged blouse with a white collar...- The Firth of Tay glittered like crumpled silver foil, and the city shone with an inner light.
- The house was fitted with a smoke alarm at the top of the stairs but the battery had run out.
- He was wearing dark trousers and a white shirt with a collar, which he wore unbuttoned.
2.1Wearing or carrying: a small man with thick glasses...- He was a slight man wearing owl glasses, with thin brown hair that left a bald spot on the back of his head.
- Thinly built, with thick glasses and K-Mart clothes, Lee is as cheery as he is modest.
- She was a bit taller than Dai with short thick curly hair and tanned skin, much like his own.
3Indicating the instrument used to perform an action: cut the fish with a knife treatment with acid before analysis...- He had a seat belt on and we cut it with a knife and tried to pull him out but we couldn't.
- They set to work on the oxhide with the knives and cut it into a single thin strip.
- Quarter the apples, then peel and cut away the core with a small paring knife.
3.1Indicating the material used for a purpose: fill the bowl with water...- On the table was a vase of plastic wildflowers in a vase partly filled with plastic water.
- The tin bath was hung on a nail on the back yard wall, was brought indoors on bath days, filled with hot water.
- We filled it with water and added blue dye, so that if it leaked then we could tell easily.
4In opposition to: a row broke out with another man...- So much information has come up since my fight with Shirley and none of it is good.
- Teachers learned about the incident when Kyle was spotted fighting with the boy.
- He shows a teenage mother fighting with the father of her child about his failings as a parent.
5Indicating the manner or attitude in which a person does something: the people shouted with pleasure...- She came to his studio with attitude, but cradled his face in her hands to kiss him before she left.
- Large checks, iridescent fabrics and decadent velvet are all worn with attitude.
- It meant that down the years we would collide always with the same pleasure.
6Indicating responsibility: leave it with me...- The final sentence, however, rests with the judge and Beaney may still be put behind bars.
- The final decision on that rests with the trade and industry secretary.
- In libel the burden of proof rests with the defendant, and there is no entitlement to legal aid.
7In relation to: my father will be angry with me...- Other times, he will say that he is angry with us, and that we have to be sad.
- She was a master of tuning him out when she was angry with him and it drove him nuts.
- There are a lot of people in power wanting to make it real easy to be angry with America.
7.1Affected by (a particular fact or condition): he’s in bed with the flu...- I've been laid up in bed with a nasty flu the last few days, and time is warping on me.
- Blue and yellow are not distinguished by those with this condition, and may be seen as white or grey.
- It is the largest clinical trial to be carried out in patients with early ovarian cancer.
7.2Indicating the cause of (a condition): he was trembling with fear...- She just stood there; the look of terror on her face increased and she began to tremble with the fear.
7.3Because of (something) and as it happens: wisdom comes with age 8Employed by: she’s with the Inland Revenue now...- If he'd still been employed with us we would have suspended him immediately, but he was retired.
8.1Using the services of: I bank with the TSB 9In the same direction as: marine mammals generally swim with the current...- Our boat drifts with the gentle current for an hour or so before gently motoring over to San Toribo reef.
10Indicating separation or removal from something: to part with one’s dearest possessions their jobs could be dispensed with...- The mansions formerly lining the High Street were replaced with retail premises.
Phrasesaway (or off or out etc.) with be with someone with it with that OriginOld English, probably a shortening of a Germanic preposition related to obsolete English wither 'adverse, opposite'. Rhymesforthwith, herewith, therewith, wherewith |