having said that
Definition
› despite what has just been said: He forgets most things, but having said that, he always remembers my birthday.Connecting words which express a contrast
(Definition of having said that from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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have/throw a fit idiom
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haven noun
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haven't
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haversack noun
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haves noun
- having said that idiom
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havoc noun
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haw verb
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hawk noun (BIRD)
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hawk noun (PERSON)
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hawk verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- all the same idiom
- any way you slice it idiom
- anyroad adverb
- at least idiom
- but conjunction
- come what may idiom
- considering preposition, conjunction, adverb
- despite preposition
- however adverb (DEGREE)
- however adverb (DESPITE THIS)
- if conjunction (IN THAT SITUATION)
- in the teeth of sth idiom
- irregardless adverb
- might modal verb (INTRODUCE)
- no matter what, when, why, etc. idiom
- only conjunction
- or no idiom
- than preposition, conjunction
- whereas conjunction
- yet adverb, conjunction
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