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DESPITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Contemptuous disregard
Example:
she wanted neither favor nor despite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("despite" is a kind of...):
disregard; neglect (willful lack of care and attention)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
Example:
the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
Synonyms:
contempt; despite; disdain; scorn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("despite" is a kind of...):
dislike (a feeling of aversion or antipathy)
Context examples:
Despite its proximity, because of its dimness Teegarden’s Star was not identified until 2003.
(Researchers find two new planets with masses similar to Earth’s near a small neighbouring star, University of Granada)
Despite the entrenched belief that eggs raise cholesterol, some studies have suggested that dietary cholesterol intake doesn’t necessarily translate to higher blood cholesterol.
(Eggs No Longer Part of a Healthy Diet?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Despite the different materials, temperatures and gravity fields between Earth and Titan, many surface features are similar between the two worlds and can be interpreted as being products of the same geologic processes.
(The First Global Geologic Map of Titan Completed, NASA)
Obviously, the response is immediate; and despite the increased secretion of insulin, the amount of oxygen consumed by the cells does not change significantly as our study shows.
(Researchers Develop Insulin-Producing Cells Activated by Light for Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
This could explain how a cancer could grow despite the presence of T cells that would seemingly be able to fight the cancer.
(Harnessing T-cell “stemness” could enhance cancer immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)
A false belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that persists despite the facts, and is not considered tenable by one's associates.
(Delusion, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Despite sequence variation, the domain core maintains a stable surface of contact residues to mediate protein-protein interactions.
(Ankyrin Repeat, NCI Thesaurus)
Despite the morphologic evidence of invasion, appendiceal carcinoid tumors only infrequently produce lymph node or distant metastases.
(Appendix Enterochromaffin Cell Serotonin-Producing Neuroendocrine Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Despite the atypical features and possible course, there is debate on whether to consider this a neoplasm.
(Atypical Endometrial Hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
Despite knowing that vascular calcification happens, researchers still don't have a complete picture of the processes inside our blood that lead to minerals accumulating in the walls of our blood vessels.
(Bone-Like Particles Found Travelling through Human Bloodstream, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
