Concession
en dépit de
FormalC1What follows
en dépit de + a noun
Function
Concession
Meaning
Same meaning as malgré, in a distinctly more written register.
Position and punctuation
at the start of the sentence · a comma after
Example
En dépit des efforts engagés, l'écart entre les deux régions se maintient.
In spite of the efforts made, the gap between the two regions persists.
In the DELF
the C1 synthesis
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