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Wat (wie) is athwart - definitie


athwart      
[?'?w?:t]
¦ preposition
1. from side to side of; across.
2. counter to.
¦ adverb
1. across from side to side; transversely.
2. so as to be perverse or contradictory.
Origin
ME: from a-2 + thwart.
athwart      
I. prep.
Across, over, from one side to the other of.
II. ad.
1.
Across, crosswise, sidewise, obliquely, awry, askant, askew.
2.
Wrong, wrongfully, unseasonably, unsuitably, malapropos.
Athwart      
·prep Across; from side to side of.
II. Athwart ·adv Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
III. Athwart ·adv Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
IV. Athwart ·prep Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.
Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor athwart
1. The main virtue of the Biden–Gelb plan is that it does not stand athwart history.
2. But future generations may nonetheless thank Bush for standing athwart history, if only for a few years.
3. A nuclear–armed Iran would lie athwart this golden road to glory like a mighty Persian rampart, so the scaffolding must be swept aside soon, before the walls are complete.
4. He was 2' when, in 1'55, he launched National Review with the vow that it "stands athwart history, yelling Stop." Actually, it helped Bill take history by the lapels, shake it to get its attention and then propel it in a new direction.
5. Recalling Buckley‘s view that National Review "stands athwart history, yelling ‘Stop,‘ " the president deadpanned: "That‘s the approach I took to most of my classes." And back in ‘55, when Buckley started National Review, "I was more interested in Willie Mays than I was in you," Bush confessed.