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notwithstanding

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • preposition In spite of.
  • adverb All the same; nevertheless.
  • conjunction In spite of the fact that; although.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not opposing; not standing in the way or contradicting; not availing to the contrary.
  • With following noun, or clause with that: In spite of, or in spite of the fact that; although.
  • Synonyms Notwithstanding, In spite of, Despite, for all. Notwithstanding is the least emphatic; it calls attention with some emphasis to an obstacle: as, notwithstanding his youth, he made great progress. In spite of and despite, by the strength of the word spite, point primarily to active opposition: as, in spite of his utmost efforts, he was defeated; and, figuratively, to great obstacles of any kind: as, despite all hindrances, he arrived at the time appointed. Despite is rather loftier and more poetic than the others.
  • Followed by a clause with that omitted: In spite of the fact that; although.
  • Synonyms Although, Though, etc. See although.
  • Nevertheless; however; yet.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • preposition Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of.
  • Nevertheless; however; although.
  • notwithstanding; although.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb Nevertheless, all the same.
  • conjunction Although.
  • preposition In spite of, despite.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English notwithstandinge (translation of Medieval Latin nōn obstante) : not, not; see not + withstanding, present participle of withstanden, to resist; see withstand.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Middle English notwithstandinge, from a calque from Latin nōn obstante ("not standing")

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Examples

  • In fact, the title notwithstanding, it's one of the most remarkably faithful sequels you'll ever see, in tone, setup, and execution.

    Alex Remington: Harold & Kumar 2: Best War on Terror Movie Ever (Though That's Not Saying Much) 2008

  • But the title notwithstanding, the main purpose of the event appeared to be for the sponsoring organizations to congratulate themselves on their ostensible championing of Ramadan's free speech rights in the face of his "ideological exclusion" from the United States by the Bush administration.

    The Weekly Standard Blog 2010

  • The "devils" in the title notwithstanding, one of this book's strengths is to put a human face on institutions that have been demonized -- even as it raises questions about their dealings.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2010

  • I want to make clear before you read this that the title notwithstanding, I miss New York City and particularly my Greenwich Village neighborhood around Bedford Street every day.

    TIME GOES BY 2009

  • Message to the new president: Negative implications of the term notwithstanding,

    Top Stories - Google News 2009

  • Spelling errors in the title notwithstanding (they seem confused about their plural and singular references), it was a good effort by a group young idealist who are part of the Bureau of Education and Knowledge Society of Gerakan.

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2009

  • Much of this appears to be little more than posturing for the cameras, recognizing that bad behavior in this context (the title notwithstanding) is rewarded with increased airtime.

    Variety.com 2009

  • The title notwithstanding, Catlin's version actually centers on Icarus's father, the legendary architect and inventor Daedalus.

    Chicago Reader 2009

  • - The title notwithstanding, this book also covers the history and techical details, and has numerous appendixes

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

  • Thus, members of this list should be alert to the fact that the title notwithstanding, this book focuses heavily and disproportionately on the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa.

    MRZine.org 2008

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  • An unusual preposition in that its complement can either precede it or follow it, without any significant distinction in meaning or grammar: 'your objections notwithstanding' = 'notwithstanding your objections'.

    Contrast with 'aside' and 'apart', where the premodified and postmodified patterns are different, and with 'ago' which can only be premodified. (So also 'three weeks on', where the premodification has a different meaning to the usual use of 'on'.)

    July 7, 2009