despite
B1Academic AWL-4Frequent NGSL-1UK /dɪˈspaɪt/US /dɪˈspaɪt/
Meaning
preposition
used to show that something happened or is true although something else might have happened to prevent it
“Her voice was shaking despite all her efforts to control it.”
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