DESPITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does despite mean? 

• DESPITE (noun)
  The noun DESPITE has 2 senses:

1. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

2. contemptuous disregard

  Familiarity information: DESPITE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESPITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

contempt; despite; disdain; scorn

Context example:

the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary

Hypernyms ("despite" is a kind of...):

dislike (a feeling of aversion or antipathy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Contemptuous disregard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

she wanted neither favor nor despite

Hypernyms ("despite" is a kind of...):

disregard; neglect (willful lack of care and attention)

 Context examples 

There is not significant inflammatory cell infiltrate present, despite the name of this carcinoma.

(Inflammatory Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Despite an unremarkable clinical course, continued unrestricted gluten intake may predispose to the same sequelae as overt disease.

(Latent Celiac Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Despite the annual “bushfire season” in Australia, this was the first time smoke had been recorded arriving in Latin America in recent decades.

(Australian bushfire smoke drifts to South America, SciDev.Net)

Despite the variety of animals eating the seeds, elephants are still the tree's best chance of producing viable seedlings.

(Thai Elephants Help Spread Jungle Fruit's Seeds, Sadie Witkowski/VOA)

Despite tremendous interest in microplastics, we are just beginning to understand the scale and effects of these ocean contaminants, said Dan Thornhill, a program director in NSF's Division of Ocean Sciences.

(Microplastics million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought, National Science Foundation)

Event in which information is accessed by the healthcare provider and either the wrong patient of the wrong information is retrieved despite correct inquiry procedures.

(Incorrect Patient Data Retrieval Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

NGTS-1b was difficult to find, despite being a monster of a planet, because its parent star is small and faint.

(Astronomers report dwarf star with unexpectedly giant planet, Wikinews)

Those who saw the recipient receiving an apology thought they would feel more obliged to express forgiveness, despite not feeling it.

(Sometimes You Shouldn't Say Sorry, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Despite benign histology, symptoms can be produced due to the location: increased intracranial pressure, endocrine abnormalities, cerebellar and/or brainstem compression.

(Benign Pineal Region Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by failure of the left ventricle to produce adequate output despite an increase in distending pressure and in end-diastolic volume.

(Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)