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If you live a rebellious lifestyle, then you rebel against things because they go against your ideals and the integrity of who you are as a person.
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Meaning of "go against" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GO AGAINST

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GO AGAINST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Go against is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb go against in English.

WHAT DOES GO AGAINST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of go against in the English dictionary

The definition of go against in the dictionary is to be contrary to. Other definition of go against is to be unfavourable to.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GO AGAINST

PRESENT

Present
I go against
you go against
he/she/it goes against
we go against
you go against
they go against
Present continuous
I am going against
you are going against
he/she/it is going against
we are going against
you are going against
they are going against
Present perfect
I have gone against
you have gone against
he/she/it has gone against
we have gone against
you have gone against
they have gone against
Present perfect continuous
I have been going against
you have been going against
he/she/it has been going against
we have been going against
you have been going against
they have been going against
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I went against
you went against
he/she/it went against
we went against
you went against
they went against
Past continuous
I was going against
you were going against
he/she/it was going against
we were going against
you were going against
they were going against
Past perfect
I had gone against
you had gone against
he/she/it had gone against
we had gone against
you had gone against
they had gone against
Past perfect continuous
I had been going against
you had been going against
he/she/it had been going against
we had been going against
you had been going against
they had been going against
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will go against
you will go against
he/she/it will go against
we will go against
you will go against
they will go against
Future continuous
I will be going against
you will be going against
he/she/it will be going against
we will be going against
you will be going against
they will be going against
Future perfect
I will have gone against
you will have gone against
he/she/it will have gone against
we will have gone against
you will have gone against
they will have gone against
Future perfect continuous
I will have been going against
you will have been going against
he/she/it will have been going against
we will have been going against
you will have been going against
they will have been going against
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would go against
you would go against
he/she/it would go against
we would go against
you would go against
they would go against
Conditional continuous
I would be going against
you would be going against
he/she/it would be going against
we would be going against
you would be going against
they would be going against
Conditional perfect
I would have go against
you would have go against
he/she/it would have go against
we would have go against
you would have go against
they would have go against
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been going against
you would have been going against
he/she/it would have been going against
we would have been going against
you would have been going against
they would have been going against
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you go against
we let´s go against
you go against
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to go against
Past participle
gone against
Present Participle
going against
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GO AGAINST

go a bundle on
go about
go ahead
go all out
go along
go and
go ape
go ape over
go around
go astray
go at
go away
go back
go back to the mat
go back to the pa
go bad
go bail
go ballistic
go bang
go begging

WORDS THAT END LIKE GO AGAINST

against
as against
come up against
count against
knock one´s head against
over against
set against
set one´s face against
take against
thereagainst
turn against
up against

Synonyms and antonyms of go against in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «go against» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GO AGAINST

Find out the translation of go against to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of go against from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «go against» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

违背
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ir en contra
570 millions of speakers

English

go against
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

के खिलाफ जाने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يذهب ضد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

идти против
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ir contra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিরুদ্ধে যান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aller à l´encontre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pergi menentang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gehen gegen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

逆らう
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에 대해 이동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pindhah marang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi ngược lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எதிராக செல்லுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विरुद्ध जा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karşı çıkmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

andare contro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sprzeczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

йти проти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

du-te împotriva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πάει ενάντια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gaan teen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gå emot
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gå mot
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of go against

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GO AGAINST»

The term «go against» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.827 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GO AGAINST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «go against» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «go against» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about go against

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10 QUOTES WITH «GO AGAINST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word go against.
1
Matthew Ashford
All the writers and producers around us that gave us the environment where we could play. They were able to provide us with a place where we could take chances to play with things, go against the grain and do things that people don't always do.
2
Antonio Banderas
This may sound a little harsh, but I don't care about my career. Really, I don't like actors who are always planning what they're going to do next or always worrying about doing something that will go against the image they've created. To me, that's almost like an attack of narcissism.
3
Kim Basinger
I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I go against her, she'll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely.
4
Eric Braeden
The challenge in daytime in particular, I think, is to go against all the traditional cliches of daytime and try to make it real.
5
Paul Broun
I do go against my leadership all the time because I stand firm on the four questions that I ask about all legislation. The first, is it constitutional according to the original intent? The second, does it fit the Judeo-Christian Biblical principles that our nation is founded upon? Third, do we need it? Fourth, can we afford it?
6
Chris Crutcher
The premise of 'Deadline' forced me to go against my own grain with a character determined to find all that is valuable in that time. I believe this is a story about redemption; how, even with the best intentions, it's sometimes found and sometimes not.
7
Junot Diaz
Migration gives a blank cheque to put anything you don't feel like addressing in the memory hold. No neighbours can go against the monster narrative of your family.
8
Michael Finley
It's always good to go against your friends, especially when you come out victorious.
9
Flea
If you live a rebellious lifestyle, then you rebel against things because they go against your ideals and the integrity of who you are as a person.
10
Evander Holyfield
The main thing about Bruce Lee is that, he was a little guy. And you know, his quickness, his aggressiveness, his explosive power, you have to be a great athlete to have all these, his body, his look, you know, all these things have to do with discipline and structure. He was able to go against the biggest guy, regardless of who he was.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GO AGAINST»

Discover the use of go against in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to go against and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Going Against the Grain: When Professionals in Hawaiʻi ...
This book is about passion, advocacy, and the willingness of parents to "go against the grain.
Ann Shea Bayer, 2009
2
The Conservator
Well, so do I if the state goes with the heart : But if the state goes against the heart then I go against the state : And your church the same, and your books, and all your proud scholarship : If they go against the heart then I go against them : It ...
Horace Traubel, Anne Montgomerie, 1916
3
Phraseology: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Basque korrontearen kontra joan 'to swim against the stream' (a caique from French) [different: aizearen kontra aurka doa/ibili 'to go against the air'] B. Non- European languages (by way of comparison): Persian bar-aleieh jarian shena kardan ...
Sylviane Granger, Fanny Meunier, 2008
4
Science Terms Made Easy: A Lexicon of Scientific Words and ...
170 Replicase Replicase English/Latin re- to do something again; go against - plicare- to fold -ase enzyme An enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of a complementary RNA molecule from an RNA template. Replicate English/Latin re- to do ...
Joseph S. Elias, 2007
5
A Complete Concordance to the Book of Mormon
6 Desirous to go against them to h. 11 Thev went again to h. 2 ifi Against the AmHcites to h. 3 22 Aima., did not go up to h. at this time 43 26 Gather themseives to h., against the L. 44 2 We have not come out to h. against you 1 To go to h.
George Reynolds, 1900
6
The Scottish Law Reporter Containing Reports ...: Of Cases ...
He may either go against the pprson responsible for the injury, who in the running title of the oth section is conveniently called the stranger, or he may go against his employer for compensation under the Act, but he cannot go against both.
‎1904
7
Optimos
It makes no difference what they go with, if they go against the heart I go against them: They may establish their laws: I will show that their laws are lawless: They may put up imposing libraries and schools: I will show that their learning fastens ...
Horace Traubel, 1910
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Parliamentary Debates
great number of lessees, the landlord might go against any other one of the lessees and insist upon his paying, leaving him in his turn to recover from the other lessees. The Hon. J. HUGHES: You can see that that is not so if you follow the ...
New South Wales. Parliament, 1900
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Forms and precedents for the use of accountants
5. Pecuniary legatees. 6. Specific and residuary devisees and specific legatees. 7. General appointees. 8. Widow. Supposing the fund intended for any of these to be exhausted in the payment of debts, he may go against the estates prior in the  ...
Sir George Lisle, 1907
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Encyclopædia of accounting
5. Pecuniary legatees. 6. Specific and residuary devisees and specific legatees. 7. General appointees. 8. Widow. Supposing the fund intended for any of these to be exhausted in the payment of debts, he may go against the estates prior in the  ...
George Lisle, 1907

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GO AGAINST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term go against is used in the context of the following news items.
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Farah 'touch and go' for Broncos clash
"It's not an excuse, but it doesn't make it any easier when those calls go against you. You're battling for confidence, you're battling to win footy ... «NRL.COM, Jul 15»
2
To Kill A Mockingbird's Harper Lee reveals Atticus was a racist in Go …
Lee has reportedly said she is 'humbled and amazed this will be published after all these years', but it seems to go against her character to be ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
'US beating drums of war against Russia to increase European …
Nonetheless, they must be doing this to prepare the population to allow greater and greater military threats to go against Russia. Now, once the ... «Liberation, Jul 15»
4
This development would go against Arlington's vision
A major Northern Virginia developer is proposing to redevelop a property in Pentagon City. The proposal includes more than 900 market-rate ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
5
Daly Cherry-Evans to face the music against snubbed Gold Coast …
As long as they behave themselves and do the right thing they can see him play and see how we go against him. That's great for us, we'll gladly ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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2 close calls at first base go against A's in 6-2 loss
Oakland Athletics Mark Canha hits a second-inning RBI double in a baseball game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New ... «The Idaho Statesman, Jul 15»
7
Governor willing to go against core beliefs on taxes for sake of …
It's Day 9 of the new fiscal year with no budget in place and Illinois' Governor is urging the legislature to make a decision: support reforms or ... «Illinois News Network, Jul 15»
8
Go against the undead, defend towers in 'Last Hope – Heroes …
More zombies are coming your way. There will never be an end to these walking dead going after you. 'Last Hope - Heroes Zombie' is another ... «Android Community, Jul 15»
9
Why to go against ongoing probe which is being monitored by HC …
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Prabhat Jha aksed that why does a CBI investigation needed when the ongoing probe is being monitored by High ... «ABP Live, Jul 15»
10
Taximen Go Against Ola Cabs
MANGALURU:Taxi Men's and Maxicab Association (TMMA) has urged the district administration to stop illegal operation of Ola Cab in the city ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»

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