resist

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman resistre, Middle French resister, and their source, Latin resistere, from re- + sistere (“cause to stand”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪst

Verb

resist (third-person singular simple present resists, present participle resisting, simple past and past participle resisted)

1. (transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
2. (transitive) To withstand the actions of.
3. (intransitive) To oppose.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

• gainstay
• oppose
• withset

Derived terms

Terms derived from resist (verb)

irresistible irresistibly resistance resistant

resistantly resistible resistibly resistive

resistively resistless resistlessly resistor

Translations

to withstand effects of something

• Arabic: قاوم (ar) (qaawama)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抵抗 (cmn) (dǐkàng), 反抗 (cmn) (fǎnkàng)

• Czech: odolat (cs)
• French: résister (fr)
• German: widerstehen (de)
• Japanese: 抵抗する (ja) (teikō-suru), 反抗する (ja) (hankō-suru), 耐える (ja) (kotaeru)

• Norwegian: motstå (no)
• Old Saxon: witharstandan
• Romanian: rezista (ro)
• Russian: сопротивляться (ru) (soprotivlját'sja) , противостоять (ru) (protivostoját') , противиться (ru) (protívit'sja) 
• Scottish Gaelic: cum ri (gd)
• Swedish: motstå (sv), stå emot (sv)

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• Turkish: direnmek

Noun

resist (plural resists)

1. A protective coating or covering.

Anagrams

• resits, risest, Sister, sister