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uk/wɪð/us/wɪð/with preposition (COMPANY)
A1 used to say that people or things are in a place together or are doing something together:
I was with Sylvia at the time.
He lives with his grandmother.
He's impossible to work with.
I'm going to France with a couple of friends.
Ingrid Bergman starred with Humphrey Bogart in the movie "Casablanca".
I left my books with Sandra.
Ice cream with your apple pie?
Mix the butter with the sugar and then add the egg.
I'll be with you (= I will give you my attention) in a second.
She's staying with her parents (= at their house) for a few months.
He's been with the department (= working in it) since 2010.
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- I can't play chess with him. He's completely out of my class!
- She's having an affair with a married man.
- I should like some time to confer with my lawyer.
- She's running around with Micky and his friends these days.
- Why don't you take him along with you when you go?
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Acting, being or existing together
- accompanying
- accord
- allied
- ally
- along
- alongside
- as one man idiom
- bosom
- en masse
- formation
- gang
- gang up
- hand in glove idiom
- partnership
- put sth together
- put their heads together idiom
- stand together
- swarm
- tandem
- unity
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with preposition (METHOD)
A2 using something:
He was shot at close range with a pistol.
She wiped her lipstick off with a tissue.
Join the two pieces together with glue.
Please handle this package with care.
They set up a business with the help of a bank loan.
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- The wires were fastened together with a plastic clip.
- The concrete is strengthened with steel rods.
- Rub the wood down with fine sandpaper till it is smooth.
- He scooped the sand into a bucket with his hands.
- Seal the package up with sticky tape.
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Ways of achieving things
- a means to an end idiom
- actively
- another
- approach
- avenue
- basis
- fair
- jump
- mean
- medium
- mixed media
- modality
- modus operandi
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed
- resort
- vein
- what's the drill for sth? idiom
- whereby
- workings
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with preposition (DESCRIPTION)
A1 having or including something:
a tall woman with dark hair
He's married with three children.
They were divided into two groups, with no girls in one group and no boys in the other.
He spoke with a soft Irish accent.
We're an international company with offices in Paris, New York, and Sydney.
Two coffees please, one with milk and one without.
He arrived in Los Angeles with nothing but the clothes he was wearing.
He woke up with a terrible headache.
I was second in the race with a time of 14.2 seconds.
With a bit of luck, we should be back in time for dinner.
Both their children graduated with degrees in economics.
used at the beginning of various phrases written at the end of a letter:
With best wishes from Charles.
With love, Roberta.
including:
With your contribution, that makes a total of £45.
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- Many of the TV programmes are broadcast with subtitles for the deaf.
- He spoke with great depth of feeling.
- She was diagnosed with diabetes.
- He's been in bed all week with flu.
- Suddenly, the building echoed with the sound of gunfire.
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Having and owning - general words
- -owned
- attach to sb/sth
- be endowed with sth idiom
- bear
- bearer
- belong
- belong to sb
- carry
- claim
- endow
- hold
- interest
- mistress
- not/never want for anything idiom
- owner
- ownership
- proprietress
- revert to sb
- stake somewhere/sth out
- want
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Including and containing
Written greetings
with preposition (RELATIONSHIP)
B2 relating to or in the case of a person or thing:
How are things with you?
Russia has just drawn up a trade agreement with Norway.
This hasn't got anything to do with you (= this is not something you should be interested in).
The government's policies have not been popular with (= among) the voters.
He's very careless with his money.
She talked a lot about her relationship with Charlotte.
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- Rick's more involved with the financial end of things.
- They've been engaged in a legal battle with the council for several months.
- The police have found no evidence of a terrorist link with the murder.
- I'm having problems with my computer.
- Unions bargain with employers for better rates of pay each year.
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Linking and relating
- affiliated
- AL
- appertain to sth
- applicable
- associate
- associated
- bond
- concern
- connection
- context
- interconnected
- interplay
- interrelate
- interrelationship
- kindred
- tar sb with the same brush idiom
- the same/that goes for sb/sth idiom
- tie (sth) in
- tie-in
- tie-up
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with preposition (CONTAINING/COVERING)
B1 used to show what is on or in something:
She laid the table with the best china.
Her blouse was spattered with blood.
The room was littered with toys.
The trucks were laden with food and medicine.
She filled the jug up with cream.
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- How much of the earth's surface is covered with water?
- She spread her toast with a thick layer of butter.
- I scattered the whole lawn with grass seed.
- Under her bed, they found a bag stuffed with money.
- The platform was crammed with people trying to board the train.
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Including and containing
- (right) down to idiom
- assimilate
- build sth in/into sth
- built-in
- carry
- cast
- cast your net wide idiom
- catholic
- extend
- factor
- factor sth in
- figure
- forget
- inbuilt
- incl
- package
- plug (sth/sb) into sth
- rich
- subsume
- throw sth in
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with preposition (CAUSE)
B2 because of or caused by someone or something:
He winced with pain.
I was trembling with fear.
She's been at home with a bad cold for the past week.
I can't work with all that noise going on.
Hopes were dashed in the war-torn capital with the news that no aid would be arriving that week.
With exams approaching, it's a good idea to review your class notes.
(What) with all the excitement and confusion, I forgot to say goodbye to her.
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- She went crimson with embarrassment.
- Her face crumpled with laughter.
- The car was forced to retire from the race with a damaged gearbox.
- Eventually, the metal buckled with the pressure that was being exerted against it.
- I couldn't catch what the announcer said, with all the other noise going on.
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Linguistics: connecting words which introduce a cause or reason
- as
- at
- because
- because of
- behalf
- cos
- courtesy
- fear
- for
- from
- herein
- necessarily
- on sb's account idiom
- order
- owing to
- right
- sake 1
- thanks
- through
- with a view to doing sth idiom
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with preposition (OPPOSITION)
against something:
I ended up having an argument with her.
She has fought a constant battle with depression throughout her career.
The two countries went to war with one another over oil prices.
A truck had collided with a car.
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- Students clashed with police after demonstrations at five universities.
- It's difficult for a small supermarket to compete with the big supermarkets.
- He struggled with his attacker who then ran off.
- He had a couple of scrapes with the police and ended up in court.
- We battled with the elements to get the roof fixed.
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Opposing & against
- anti
- anti-
- antithesis
- boycott
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
- conscientious objector
- counter
- defy
- detractor
- down with...! idiom
- foam pie
- go against sth/sb
- object
- objection
- objector
- oppose
- opposing
- point of order
- run against sb/sth
- stand
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with preposition (SEPARATION)
used with words showing separation:
I'd rather not part with my cash.
He decided to put his failed marriage behind him and make a clean break with the past.
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- His plans represented a break with tradition.
- He split up with his girlfriend after they had a row in public.
- Their decision to not call their daughter Jane was a break with family tradition.
- She was reluctant to part with her favourite jumper.
- She's just broken up with her boyfriend.
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Separating and dividing
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- borderline
- breakdown
- disestablish
- dismember
- dissociate
- dissociate yourself from sth
- disunite
- divide
- drift
- pull sth/sb apart
- quarter
- ravel
- resolve
- resolve sth into sth
- rive
- tear 1
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with preposition (AND)
and, or followed by:
I'd like a steak and fries with apple pie for dessert.
$200 is payable immediately with a further $100 payable on delivery.
More examples
- There will be a screening of the film with a talk by the director afterwards.
- They were offered a free meal, with wine.
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Linguistics: connecting words joining words or phrases with similar or related meanings
- and/or 2
- anyways
- concatenate
- conjunctive
- connective
- consequently
- ergo
- hereby
- I mean idiom
- less
- mean
- moreover
- never
- so
- sure enough idiom
- the thing is idiom
- there
- thing
- what
- with that idiom
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with preposition (COMPARISON)
used in comparisons:
I have nothing in common with my brother.
This cake's very light compared with the last one you made.
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- This road is quite busy compared with ours.
- The hotel certainly compared favourably with the one we stayed in last year.
- The family in the television programme could not be credibly compared with a real one.
- I thought I was badly treated but my experiences pale in comparison with yours.
- The regeneration of the city's downtown dock front will put it on a par with Nice or Cannes.
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Comparing and contrasting
- against
- analogy
- antithesis
- as against idiom
- balance
- balance sth against sth
- benchmark
- compare
- comparison
- competitive
- contrast
- contrastive
- gold standard
- measure
- perspective
- relative
- relatively
- simile
- stack up
- vis-à-vis
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with preposition (SUPPORT)
supporting someone or something:
If you want to go for a promotion, I'll be with you all the way.
You have to decide where you stand on this issue - you're either with me or against me.
Opposite
against
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- I need to know that you're with me before I stand for election.
- You're either with us or against us on this issue.
- Are you with me on this?
- The opposition were with the government on the decision to go to war.
- Many backbenchers decided not to vote with the government on this issue.
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Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- right behind sb idiom
- speak
- sponsor
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- sympathize
- sympathy
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with preposition (DIRECTION)
in the same direction as something:
The wind was with me on the home stretch and I ran well.
Opposite
against
with preposition (TIME)
at the same rate or time as something:
This wine will improve with age.
Stopping distances for cars vary with the speed they are travelling at.
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Simultaneous and consecutive
- accompany
- all the while idiom
- along
- along the way idiom
- alternate
- even
- in rotation idiom
- in tandem idiom
- in the process idiom
- live
- no sooner ... than idiom
- once
- over
- sync
- synchronous
- the minute (that) idiom
- through
- throughout
- together
- under
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with preposition (UNDERSTANDING)
be with sb informal
to understand what someone is saying:
You look puzzled - are you with me?
I'm sorry, I'm not with you.
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Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehension
- at your fingertips idiom
- attune
- bear in on/upon
- common
- fathom
- fingertip
- hit
- make sth/sb of sth/sb
- make sth/sb out
- mind
- penetrate
- picture
- read between the lines idiom
- reading
- realization
- take sth in
- twig
- understand
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with preposition (DESPITE)
despite something:
With all her faults, she's still a really good friend.
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Linguistics: connecting words which express a contrast
- after
- again
- any way you slice it idiom
- at any rate idiom
- at least idiom
- best
- disjunctive
- given
- however
- least
- might
- never
- nevertheless
- no thanks to sb idiom
- rate
- seeing (that)
- slice
- though
- tooth
- when
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with preposition (EXPRESSIONS)
used to express a wish or instruction:
Away with you! (= Go away!)
Off to bed with you! (= Go to bed!)
On with the show! (= Let it continue.)
Down with school! (= We don't want/like it.)
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Expressing and asking opinions
- apothegm
- come out
- couch
- day
- editorialize
- express
- far
- for my money idiom
- pronounce
- propound
- put
- put yourself across
- remark
- run
- run sth by sb
- screed
- soapbox
- sound off
- talk
- talk sth over
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Linguistics: expressions telling people to stop doing something
Idiom(s)
with that