Translation
against; opposite
Examples
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I am against that.
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He stood opposite me.
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One cannot argue against the truth.
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Are you for or against?
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The house opposite ours is old.
does two jobs English keeps apart: opposition, against, and position, opposite or facing. Context settles which, and is the standard for or against. Like every preposition it takes the nominative unless motion towards is meant. The root gives kontraŭa for opposite or contrary, kontraŭe for on the contrary, and kontraŭstari for to resist.
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