with
part of speech
preposition
meaning for a pupil
1) With means together with someone or something: «I went with Dad». tree →
2) With means having something: «a girl with red hair», «a box with 6 eggs». tree →
3) With tells what you use: «cut with scissors». tree →
4) With can mean because of: «shaking with cold». tree →
5) With can mean against: «fight with», «argue with». tree →
6) (casual) «With it» means alert, cool; «I'm with you» means I agree or I understand; «with ya in a sec» means I'll come soon. tree →
7) (rude) «What's up with you?» and «get on with it!» are blunt. tree →
8) (formal) Exams say «in conjunction with», «together with», «containing», «accompanied by» and «each of which contains». tree →
9) With can show how something is done or felt, as in «with all my heart», which means very sincerely. tree →
sense in the lessons
a group that has things in it: «N boxes with M in each» is N × M; also who is together; phrases: «with each», «along with», «with care», «filled with», «help with»; in casual talk «I'm with you», «be with ya in a sec», «you coming with?» (US, coming with us); in rough talk «get on with it», «what's wrong with you?»; in the exam voice «each of which contains», «accompanied by», «in conjunction with»
examples
- Ben has 7 boxes with 9 cards in each box. tree →
- Mia went to the park with 3 friends. tree →
- A bag with 5 apples costs 10 cents. tree →
- Cut the paper with scissors. tree →
- The baby was shaking with cold. tree →
- Can you help me with my homework? tree →
- Handle the glass with care. tree →
- me with 2 cousins and nan, set the table for all of us tree →
- Get on with it, we haven't got all day! tree →
- You coming with? We're 4 already. tree →
- Seven crates are supplied, each of which contains 9 units. State the total. tree →
- A teacher, accompanied by 12 pupils, boards the bus. tree →
- "With all my heart," says I. tree →
note
«N boxes with M in each» is N × M. Trap: «Mia with 3 friends» is 4 children; «me with 2 cousins» counts me too. «each of which contains» in an exam is «with … in each». «accompanied by» adds the companions to the count. «with» is not «without» (not having).
In the corpora
- A promotion is a move up to a more senior job in the same organisation, usually with more responsibility and more pay.
- A picket line is striking workers standing outside their workplace with signs, peacefully asking others not to go in.
- Many people are paid early in December, before Christmas, so January feels very long with the money already spent.
- Pocket money is a small regular amount given to children to practise choosing, saving and making mistakes with money.
- Child benefit is a small regular payment from the government to families with children, to help with things like shoes and food.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «with» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.