WENT AGAINST THE TIDE

Meaning of WENT AGAINST THE TIDE in English

behaved like a nonconformist, did not act according to the accepted standards

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WENT — (deictic or demonstrative pronoun, Third person singular, verb) miadto
English-Visayan vocabulary
WENT — Etymology: Middle English, past & past participle of wenden to wend see: go
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WENT — I. ˈwent Etymology: Middle English, past & past participle of wenden to turn, go — more at wend past or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIDE — I. ˈtīd noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tyde, tide time, from Old English tīd; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AGAINST — I. əˈgen(t)st, -nzt also -ān- or ( less often in stand than in substand speech ) -in- preposition Etymology: Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WENT — (n.) Course; way; path; journey; direction.
Английский словарь Webster
WENT — () imp. & p. p. of Wend; -- now obsolete except as the imperfect of go, with which it has …
Английский словарь Webster
WENT — () of Wend
Английский словарь Webster
WENT — (imp.) of Go
Английский словарь Webster
TIDE — (prep.) The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The …
Английский словарь Webster
AGAINST — (prep.) In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in …
Английский словарь Webster
WENT — of Wend
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WENT — imp. & p. p. of Wend; -- now obsolete except as the imperfect of go, with which it has no …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WENT — ( n. ) Course; way; path; journey; direction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WENT — ( imp. ) of Go
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TIDE — ( prep. ) The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AGAINST — ( prep. ) In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WENT — /went/ , v. 1. pt. of go . 2. Nonstandard. a pp. of go 1 . 3. Archaic. a pt. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TIDE — tide 1 — tideful , adj. — tideless , adj. — tidelessness , n. — tidelike , adj. /tuyd/ , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AGAINST — /euh genst", euh gaynst"/ , prep. 1. in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TIDE — I. ˈtīd noun Etymology: Middle English, time, from Old English tīd; akin to Old High German zīt time and perhaps …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AGAINST — I. ə-ˈgen(t)st, -ˈgin(t)st, -ˈgān(t)st preposition Etymology: Middle English, alteration of againes, from again Date: 13th century 1. a. : in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WENT — Etymology: Middle English, past & past participle of wenden to wend past of go
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WENT — impf of go. 2. went ·noun course; way; path; journey; direction. 3. went ·- imp. & ·p.p. of wend; …
Webster English vocab
TIDE — prep violent confluence. 2. tide ·prep time; period; season. 3. tide ·noun to pour a tide or flood. 4. tide …
Webster English vocab
AGAINST — prep by of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when. 2. …
Webster English vocab
WENT — past of go 1 .
Concise Oxford English vocab
WENT — [went] [ME, past & pp. of wenden to wend] past of go
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TIDE — [tide] n [ME, time, fr. OE tid; akin to OHG zit time and perh. to Gk daiesthai to divide] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WENT — went BrE AmE went
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WENT — pt of go
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIDE — / taɪd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] a regular rise and fall …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGAINST — / əˈgenst; NAmE ; əˈgeɪnst/ preposition HELP NOTE : For the special uses of against in phrasal verbs, look at …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WENT — went /went/ BrE AmE [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: From the old past tense of wend ] the past tense …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TIDE — I. tide 1 /taɪd/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: tid 'time' ] 1 . the tide …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AGAINST — a ‧ gainst S1 W1 /əˈɡenst, əˈɡeɪnst $ əˈɡenst/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: againes 'against' (11-16 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WENT — past of GO(1).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AGAINST — prep. 1 in opposition to (fight against the invaders; am against hanging; arson is against the law). 2 into collision …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WENT — past of GO(1).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TIDE — n. & v. n. 1 a the periodic rise and fall of the sea due to the attraction of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AGAINST — prep. 1 in opposition to (fight against the invaders; am against hanging; arson is against the law). 2 into collision …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WENT — past of GO(1).
Oxford English vocab
TIDE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the periodic rise and fall of the sea due to the attraction of the …
Oxford English vocab
AGAINST — prep. 1. in opposition to (fight against the invaders; am against hanging; arson is against the law). 2 into collision …
Oxford English vocab
WENT — Went is the past tense of go .
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIDE — ( tides, tiding, tided) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The tide …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGAINST — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WENT — Went is the past tense of go .
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WENT — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a shudder ran/passed/went through sb ▪ A shudder ran through him at the touch of her …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TIDE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES flood tide high tide ▪ High tide is at seven in the morning. low …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AGAINST — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES against all odds (= despite something seeming very unlikely ) ▪ Against all odds, he …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WENT — [past simple of:] go
Cambridge English vocab
TIDE — (SEA) [noun] [C] - the rise and fall of the sea that happens twice every dayhigh/low tidea flood tideThe tide …
Cambridge English vocab
AGAINST — (TOUCHING) [preposition] - next to and touching or being supported by (something)It would save space if we put the bed …
Cambridge English vocab
TIDE — Synonyms and related words : affluence, afflux, affluxion, big drink, blue water, chronology, concourse, confluence, conflux, continuity, course, crosscurrent, current, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AGAINST — adv. butt against inveigh against over against rise against
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AGAINST — adv. Function: preposition 1 directly opposite FF1C; stood against the crowd and shouted for order FF1E; Synonyms: contra, facing, fronting, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AGAINST — preposition 1. directly opposite stood against the crowd and shouted for order Synonyms: contra, facing, fronting, over against, toward, vis-à-vis …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
AGAINST — • ↑ as against • ↑ be against • ↑ be against/be opposed to • ↑ come up against • …
Longman Activator English vocab
AGAINST — adv. 25B6; preposition a number of delegates were against the motion : OPPOSED TO, in opposition to, hostile to, averse …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WENT — past от go past от go went past от go
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIDE — 1. сущ. 1) прилив и отлив (на море и т. п.) a tide comes in ≈ вода приливает a tide …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AGAINST — предл. 1) значение нахождения на определенном месте, в определенной позиции а) прямо напротив, лицом к, перед чем-л. тж. over against …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
-TIDE — архаич. или поэт. компонент сложных слов со значением время года, сезон autumn-tide ≈ осенний период June-tide ≈ июньский сезон в …
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