notwithstanding

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌnɒtwɪðˈstændɪŋ/
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• US: /ˌnɑtwɪθˈstændɪŋ/
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• rhymes with -ændɪŋ
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• CMU ARPABET: N AA2 T W IH0 TH S T AE1 N D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English notwithstandinge, notwithstondyng, natwithstandyng, equivalent to not + withstanding. Compare Middle English notgainstonding, not aȝenstondynge, of similar meaning and formation.

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَلَى اَلرَّغْم مِن (ʕalā r-raḡm min) — although
• Azerbaijani: -sa da — although
• Azerbaijani: -sa belə — although
• Azerbaijani: isə də — although
• Azerbaijani: isə belə — although
• Azerbaijani: hərçənd — although
• Azerbaijani: baxmayaraq ki — although
• Bashkir: ҡарамаҫтан (qaramaśtan) — although
• Bengali: অথচ (othoc) — although
• Bulgarian: въпреки (vǎpreki) — although
• Finnish: vaikka — although
• French: bien que — although
• German: obwohl — although
• German: obgleich — although
• German: wenngleich — although
• German: obschon — although
• Hungarian: noha — although
• Hungarian: bár — although
• Icelandic: enda þótt — although
• Icelandic: þó að — although
• Polish: mimo że — although
• Russian: хотя́ (xotjá) — although
• Serbo-Croatian: usprkos — although
• Serbo-Croatian: unatoč — although
• Slovak: napriek tomu (že) — although
• Turkish: olduğu halde — although
• Turkish: olmakla birlikte — although
• Turkish: olmasına karşın — although
• Turkish: olmasına rağmen — although
• Turkish: olsa da — although
• Ukrainian: хоч (xoč) — although
• Ukrainian: хоча́ (xočá) — although
• Arabic: عَلَى اَلرَّغْم مِن (ʕalā r-raḡm min) — in spite of
• Armenian: չնայած (čʻnayac) — in spite of
• Bulgarian: все пак (vse pak) — in spite of
• Catalan: no obstant — in spite of
• Czech: přes — in spite of
• Czech: vzdor — in spite of
• Czech: navzdory — in spite of
• Danish: trods — in spite of
• Danish: uagtet — in spite of
• Dutch: niettegenstaande — in spite of
• Esperanto: malgraŭ — in spite of
• Finnish: huolimatta — in spite of
• French: en dépit de — in spite of
• French: nonobstant — in spite of
• French: malgré — in spite of
• German: ungeachtet — in spite of
• German: trotz — in spite of
• Hebrew: למרות (lamrot) — in spite of
• Hebrew: אף על פי (af al pi) — in spite of
• Icelandic: þrátt fyrir — in spite of
• Ido: malgre — in spite of
• Irish: d’ainneoin — in spite of
• Irish: in ainneoin — in spite of
• Irish: ainneoin — in spite of
• Italian: nonostante — in spite of
• Polish: mimo — in spite of
• Polish: pomimo — in spite of
• Portuguese: apesar de — in spite of
• Romanian: în ciuda faptului că — in spite of
• Russian: несмотря́ на (nesmotrjá na) — in spite of
• Russian: вопреки (vopreki) — in spite of
• Spanish: no obstante — in spite of
• Swedish: oaktat — in spite of
• Swedish: trots — in spite of
• Turkish: rağmen — in spite of
• Turkish: karşın — in spite of
• Ukrainian: незважа́ючи на (nezvažájučy na) — in spite of
• Ukrainian: по́при (pópry) — in spite of