How to pronounce“despite”in English
I found it very interesting that looking at World War II, the zipper manufacturer in Germany was one of the protected industries,
despite the fact that it used fairly precious metal, metals that were very important for munition and the like.
But the zippers were protected because they were closely identified with modern prosperity, with the idea that if we can have zippers
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Definitions of “despite”
In spite of, notwithstanding.
“Despite being a near-mirror image my of right, my left hand is terrible at these stuff.”
Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
“A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel; Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,”
Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
“he aſked kynge Arthur yf he wold gyue hym leue to ryde after Balen and to reuenge the deſpyte that he had done Doo your beſt ſaid Arthur I am right wroth ſaid Balen I wold he were quyte of the deſpyte that he hath done to me and to my Courte”
To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
“to despite his opposites”