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# despite

«despite» in Mova's school dictionary: **without being stopped by something; even though something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

preposition (despite)

### meaning for a pupil

Despite means without being stopped by something; even though something else is true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despite/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and reports it links two facts that do not seem to fit: the second happened anyway. In writing lessons it is a joining word for contrast, like «although» and «but». Phrases: «despite the rain», «despite this», «despite being tired», «despite the fact that».

### examples

- We played outside despite the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despite/#x1)
- Despite being tired, she finished her homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despite/#x2)
- Despite the cold, the children swam in the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despite/#x3)
- He was happy despite losing the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despite/#x4)
- Despite all our practice, we forgot the words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despite/#x5)
- The bus came on time despite the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despite/#x6)
- Despite the fact that it was late, Dad read us a story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despite/#x7)
- Ferchar Mac Ro did not stop till he got the sons of Uisnech away with him, despite the suspicion of Deirdre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despite/#x8)

### note

Never say «despite of» — that is a mistake. «In spite of» means the same and does need «of». After «despite» comes a noun or an -ing word, not a full sentence: «despite the rain», «despite being ill»; or use «despite the fact that» + sentence. Not a number word.

### In the corpora

- [Morning sickness is feeling or being sick in early pregnancy, and despite the name it can happen at any time of day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/11/)
- [Bots sometimes say upsetting things despite safety rules; close the app and tell a grown-up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/11/)
- [The moonrat smells strongly of garlic or onion, and despite its name it is not a rat but a cousin of the hedgehog.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower/11/)
- [Despite their name, no centipede has exactly one hundred legs, and most millipedes have far fewer than a thousand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones/17/)
- [The inner core stays solid despite the heat because the enormous pressure of everything above squeezes it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/41-inside-the-earth/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «despite» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despite/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.