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  1. preposition In spite of: The teams played on, notwithstanding the rain.
  2. adverb All the same; nevertheless: We proceeded, notwithstanding.
  3. conjunction In spite of the fact that; although.

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  • Your spinning it notwithstanding, your parsing words that normal people will not do, is a glaring example of liberal deceit. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Silly name notwithstanding, Twitter has revolutionized both social networking and blogging in one fell swoop. —  HostReview Articles
  • His subtitle notwithstanding, Lewis spends little time — only the last three of his 16 chapters — on events later than the 8th century, so that the chronological overlap between the two books is greater than their titles indicate. —  Claremont.org
  • Message to the new president: Negative implications of the term notwithstanding, —  Top Stories - Google News
  • Unfortunate name notwithstanding, the Winki is a proprietary Linux interface from MSI similar to Asus 'ExpressGate technology. —  CNET Asia Reviews
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  1. Middle English notwithstandinge (translation of Medieval Latin nōn obstante) : not, not; see not + withstanding, present participle of withstanden, to resist; see withstand.

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  1. from Middle English noghtwithstandyng, noght withstandynge, etc., orig. and properly two words, notwithstanding, transitive L. non obstante, literally ‘not standing in the way’; being the negative not with the present participle withstanding (present participle of withstand), agreeing (as in L.) with the noun in the nominative (in L. the ablative) absolute. As the noun usually follows, the present participle came to be regarded as a preposition (as also with during, present participle), and is now usually so construed. When the noun is omitted, notwithstanding assumes the aspect of a conjunction.
 

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