transcription, транскрипция: [ mɪlɪteɪt ]
( militates, militating, militated)
To militate against something means to make it less possible or likely. To militate against someone means to prevent them from achieving something. ( FORMAL )
Her background militates against her...
We can never promise to sail anywhere in particular, because the weather might militate against it.
VERB : V against n , V against n