gainst
pronunciation
How to pronounce gainst in British English:
UK [genst]
How to pronounce gainst in American English:
US [genst]
Word Origin
- gainst (adv.)
- also 'gainst, shortened form of against.
Example
- 1. To insure baggage a gainst loss .
- 2. Cause it 's just you gainst your tattered libido .
- 3. Really , what we want now , is not laws , against crime , but a law a - gainst insaity .
- 4. A gainst the advice of his doctor , maynard insisted on taking part .
- 5. Really , what we want now , is not laws , against crime , but a law a - gainst insaity . ( Mark twain , american writer )