Dec 08, 2017 · You can't use a ladder unless it is leaning against a wall or tree or some such object. Likewise you can't use a SQL statement unless you have a database to run it against. The database supports the SQL statement. The wall supports the ladder. When I think of it like that against seems a natural choice.

So one could perhaps say "I feel a love, towards her" -- which is a little awkward, but possible -- or one could say "I feel fondness towards her", which would be a little more acceptable. But one couldn't say "I feel fondness against her", because to say that would put the meaning of "love" or "fondness" in conflict with the meaning of "against".

Apr 18, 2021 · against (prep.). This meaning of against is quite old: the OED's first citation is c1225.. In exchange for, in return for; as an equivalent or set-off for; in lieu of, instead of. 1957 H. Roosenburg Walls came tumbling Down 19 We were intended as exchanges against some high-ranking Nazis.. 1997 D. Mernagh-Ward & J. Cartwright Good Pract. in Salon Managem.

Jun 06, 2021 · An executed purpose, in short, is a transaction in which the time and energy spent on the execution are balanced against the resulting assets, and the ideal case is one in which the former approximates to zero and the latter to infinity. Purpose, then, justifies the efforts it exacts only conditionally, by their fruits.

Dec 27, 2017 · numbskull. numbskull. 11 1. 1 bronze badge. 1. 'Develop against the sandbox' seems to correspond to 'develop against the think-tank' rather than 'develop against the proven model the think-tank came up with'. – Edwin Ashworth. Dec 27, 2017 at 16:18. Add a comment.

Jun 22, 2017 · Either one is technically correct. One definition of 'against' is 'compared or contrasted with'. "Company X owes us money and has several open orders. Generate an invoice against a sale order. We will collect piecemeal." There are several other definitions of 'against' that depending upon the context of the sentence would make sense too.

Mar 29, 2020 · A signal is seen against a background. For instance, an aircraft's navigation lights are seen against the background of the sky. And this background is "the background against which the signal must be seen".

Apr 17, 2015 · Originally it meant to execute them with little or no attention to due process of law, religious or state - a very good fit to your requirement. ... Nowadays most often associated for action taken by prison inmates against other inmates for alleged offences. Also "prairie-dog court" Phrases.org - Kangaroo Court - meaning and origins. Share ...

which is a mapping of y values against a range of x values related thro the function f(x). OTOH, when mathematically necessary, we would also plot x against y, x = f(y) The convention is that x would occupy the horizontal axis, while y occupies the vertical axis, regardless if x is plotted against y, or y against x.

Dec 13, 2018 · 2a: a doctrine or political program based on the assumption of racism and designed to execute its principles 2b: a political or social system founded on racism 3: racial prejudice or discrimination [Interestingly, racism is a relatively recent term. Merriam-Webster cites its first known use as 1902.