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resist  

EN[-ɪst]
US
Frésister
resist
  • NomPLresistsPREré-SUF-ist
    1. A protective coating or covering.
    2. VerbeSGresistsPRresistingPT, PPresisted
      1. VT To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
        1. Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.
      2. VT To withstand the actions of.
        1. At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them [ …]
      3. VI To oppose.
        1. VT OBS To be distasteful to.
        2. Plus d'exemples
          1. Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
            • Spacecraft are engineering marvels, designed to resist the thrust of liftoff, as well as the reverse pressure of the void.
            • As the chest wall and lungs hyperinflate, they progressively resist further inflation by virtue of their elastic recoil characteristics.
            • “It provides the legal basis for managing cyberactivity on China’s soil and resisting activities which jeopardize China’s cybersecurity.”
          2. Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
            • Ministers and a good many of their supporters worked in relays, and had so manned down the feeble and numerically small Opposition till we had not strength nor mental energy enough to resist.

        Meaning of resist for the defined word.

        Grammaticalement, ce mot "resist" est un nom, plus spécifiquement, un noms dénombrable. C'est aussi un verbe, plus spécifiquement, un verbes intransitif et un verbes transitif.
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          1. Noms
            • Noms Dénombrable
            • Verbes
              • Verbes intransitifs
                • Verbes transitifs
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              Liens Connexes:
              1. en resistance
              2. en resisted
              3. en resisting
              4. en resists
              5. en resistant
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