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Dɪˈspaɪt Preposition Voice Shaking Efforts Control Applying Hundreds

Word3 despite
WordType (preposition)
Phonetic /dɪˈspaɪt/ /dɪˈspaɪt/
Example
  • her voice was shaking despite all her efforts to control it.
  • despite applying for hundreds of jobs, he is still out of work.
  • she was good at physics despite the fact that she found it boring.
  • he had to laugh despite himself.
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despite

(preposition)/dɪˈspaɪt/ /dɪˈspaɪt/
  1. used to show that something happened or is true although something else might have happened to prevent it
    • SYNONYM in spite of
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/spite_1
    • Her voice was shaking despite all her efforts to control it.
    • Despite applying for hundreds of jobs, he is still out of work.
    • She was good at physics despite the fact that she found it boring.
  2. used to show that somebody did not intend to do the thing mentioned
    • SYNONYM in spite of
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/spite_1
    • He had to laugh despite himself.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English (originally used as a noun meaning ‘contempt, scorn’ in the phrase in despite of): from Old French despit, from Latin despectus ‘looking down on’, past participle (used as a noun) of despicere, from de- ‘down’ + specere ‘look at’.
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