with

 
Pronunciation: /wɪð/

preposition

  • 1accompanied by (another person or thing): a nice steak with a bottle of red wine
  • 2having or possessing (something): a flower-sprigged blouse with a white collar
  • wearing or carrying: a small man with thick glasses
  • 3indicating the instrument used to perform an action: cut the fish with a knife treatment with acid before analysis
  • indicating the material used for a purpose: fill the bowl with water
  • 4in opposition to: a row broke out with another man
  • 5indicating the manner or attitude in which a person does something: the people shouted with pleasure
  • 6indicating responsibility: leave it with me
  • 7in relation to: my father will be angry with me
  • affected by (a particular fact or condition): he’s in bed with the flu
  • indicating the cause of (a condition): he was trembling with fear
  • because of (something) and as it happens: wisdom comes with age
  • 8employed by: she’s with the Inland Revenue now
  • using the services of: I bank with the TSB
  • 9in the same direction as: marine mammals generally swim with the current
  • 10indicating separation or removal from something: to part with one’s dearest possessions their jobs could be dispensed with

Phrases

away (or off or out etc.) with

used in exhortations to take or send someone or something away, in, out, etc.: off with his head away with poverty!
(away with you) Scottish expressing scepticism or dismissal.

be with someone

  • 1agree with or support someone: we’re all with you on this one
  • 2 [often with negative] informal understand what someone is saying: I’m not with you

with it

informal
  • 1up-to-date or fashionable: a young, with-it film buyer
  • 2 [usually with negative] alert and comprehending: I’m not really with it this morning
  • 3in addition; besides: he seems a decent lad, and clever with it

with that

straight after that; then: with that, she flounced out of the room

Origin:

Old English, probably a shortening of a Germanic preposition related to obsolete English wither 'adverse, opposite'