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A keyword: an important word to learn despite   Show phonetics
preposition
1 used to say that something happened or is true, although something else makes this seem not probable
I'm still pleased with the house despite all the problems we've had.
[+ doing sth] He managed to eat lunch despite having had an enormous breakfast.

2 despite yourself If you do something despite yourself, you do it although you did not intend to.

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