despite

preposition
/dɪˈspaɪt/

In spite of, not with standing.

Example

“Despite being a near-mirror image my of right, my left hand is terrible at these stuff.”

Example sentences

“We're going to press ahead despite everything.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Despite their efforts, it was too late.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“Despite everything she put us through, I think we should forgive her.”
Tatoeba · hecko · CC0

Word history

From Latin "dēspectum" (looking down on).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “despite” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.