Against or against? Have you ever been in doubt about the use of these two expressions? Although they are similar, they do not mean the same thing. They are, in fact, antonyms, so be very careful when using them in written form.
to meet it means going in the same direction of something, in its direction, going in its favor, accompanying that same thing. Already against, means going in the opposite direction to something, going against, bumping into that same thing, confronting.
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The two expressions in question are prepositional phrases, that is, a set of two or more words in which the last one is a preposition. They are constituted by the preposition de, by the masculine noun meeting and by the preposition a or contraction of the preposition a with the definite article o. See the examples:
Against:
When the show was over, the children went to meet your parents.
Your ideals go to meet the my.
Your job offer will to meet the that I seek.
Against:
The parliamentarians voted on a project that will against the interests of the population.
We can't understand each other because your ideas go against the my.
I cannot accept your offer as it will against my principles.
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Luana Alves
Graduated in Letters
