/ English Dictionary

GO AGAINST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resist

Example:

buck the trend

Synonyms:

buck; go against

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "go against" is one way to...):

oppose; react (act against or in opposition to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

Example:

break a promise

Synonyms:

breach; break; go against; infract; offend; transgress; violate

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "go against" is one way to...):

disrespect (show a lack of respect for)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go against"):

sin; transgress; trespass (commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law)

blunder; boob; drop the ball; goof; sin (commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake)

conflict; contravene; infringe; run afoul (go against, as of rules and laws)

trespass (break the law)

intrude; trespass (enter unlawfully on someone's property)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

Example:

This sentence violates the rules of syntax

Synonyms:

break; go against; violate

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go against"):

fly in the face of; fly in the teeth of (go against)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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