withstand

English

Etymology

Old English wiðstandan (wið "against" + standan "to stand")

Pronunciation

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Verb

withstand (third-person singular simple present withstands, present participle withstanding, simple past and past participle withstood)

1. To resist or endure (something) successfully.
2. To oppose (something) forcefully.

Related terms

• notwithstanding
• withstanding

Translations

to resist

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

  Mandarin: 抵抗 (cmn) (dǐkàng), 反抗 (cmn) (fǎnkàng), 抵禦 (cmn), 抵御 (cmn) (dǐyù)

• Dutch: weerstaan (nl)
• French: résister (fr)
• German: widerstehen (de)

• Italian: resistere (it)
• Japanese: 抵抗する (ja) (teikō-suru), 反抗する (ja) (hankō-suru), 耐える (ja) (kotaeru), 撃退する (ja) (gekitai-suru)
• Korean: 맞서다 (ko) (madseoda)
• Old English: wiðstandan (ang)
• Old Saxon: widarstandan, witharstandan
• Russian: сопротивляться (ru) (soprotivlját'sja) , противостоять (ru) (protivostoját') , противиться (ru) (protívit'sja) , выстоять (ru) (výstojat') 
• Scottish Gaelic: cum ri (gd)

to oppose

• Turkish: karşı koymak (tr)

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• German: widerstehen (1,2)