resist
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English resisten, from Middle French resister and Old French resistre, and their source, Latin resistere, from re- + sistere (“cause to stand”).
Inflected forms:
form: resists
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: resisting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: resisted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: resisted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: resist
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: resist
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: resisted
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: resist
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: resistest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: resisted
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: resistedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: resists
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: resisteth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: resisted
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: resist
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: resisted
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: resist
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: resisted
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: resist
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: resisting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: resisted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: resists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Shepard: You could have resisted. You could have fought! Instead, you surrendered. You quit.
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.
gloss: To withstand the actions of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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 […]
The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.
gloss: To oppose; to refuse to accept.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To be distasteful to.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: These cates resist me,
gloss: A protective coating or covering.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Keeping the ties loose ensures that the yarn can absorb the dye without creating a resist.
Synonyms: gainstay
oppose
withset
Antonyms: obey
submit
Derived words: irresistible
irresistibly
nonresisting
resistance
resistant
resistantly
resistful
resistible
resistibly
resistin
resisting arrest
resistingly
resistive
resistively
resistless
resistlessly
resistogram
resistojet
resistome
resistometer
resistor
resistosome
unresisted
unresisting
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: قَاوَمَ
roman: qāwama
lang: Armenian
word: դիմադրել
roman: dimadrel
lang: Armenian
word: դիմակայել
roman: dimakayel
lang: Azerbaijani
word: tab gətirmək
lang: Azerbaijani
word: davam gətirmək
lang: Belarusian
word: супраціўля́цца
roman: supraciwljácca
lang: Belarusian
word: процістая́ць
roman: procistajácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: праці́віцца
roman: pracívicca
lang: Bulgarian
word: устоявам
roman: ustojavam
lang: Catalan
word: resistir
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 抵抗
roman: dǐkàng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 反抗
roman: fǎnkàng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 抵制
roman: dǐzhì
lang: Czech
word: odolat
lang: Danish
word: modstå
lang: Dutch
word: weerstaan
lang: Dutch
word: zich verzetten
lang: Esperanto
word: rezisti
lang: Finnish
word: kestää
lang: Finnish
word: vastustaa
lang: French
word: résister
lang: German
word: widerstehen
lang: Greek
word: αντιστέκομαι
roman: antistékomai
lang: Greek
word: ανθίσταμαι
roman: anthístamai
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀνθίστημι
roman: anthístēmi
lang: Hebrew
word: התנגד
roman: hitnagéd
lang: Hebrew
word: עמד ב־
roman: amád be-
lang: Hungarian
word: ellenáll
lang: Irish
word: seas
lang: Japanese
word: 抗う
roman: aragau
lang: Japanese
word: 抵抗する
roman: teikō suru
lang: Japanese
word: 反抗する
roman: hankō suru
lang: Japanese
word: 耐える
roman: kotaeru
lang: Latin
word: obnitor
lang: Macedonian
word: издржи
roman: izdrži
lang: Māori
word: ātete
lang: Māori
word: whakawhena
lang: Norwegian
word: motstå
lang: Occitan
word: resistir
lang: Old Saxon
word: witharstandan
lang: Polish
word: opierać się
lang: Portuguese
word: resistir
lang: Portuguese
word: aguentar
lang: Romanian
word: rezista
lang: Russian
word: сопротивля́ться
roman: soprotivljátʹsja
lang: Russian
word: противостоя́ть
roman: protivostojátʹ
lang: Russian
word: проти́виться
roman: protívitʹsja
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cum ri
lang: Slovak
word: odolávať
lang: Slovak
word: odolať
lang: Slovene
word: upirati se
lang: Slovene
word: zoperstavljati se
lang: Spanish
word: resistir
lang: Swedish
word: motstå
lang: Swedish
word: stå emot
lang: Thai
word: ต่อต้าน
roman: dtɔ̀ɔ-dtâan
lang: Thai
word: ต้านทาน
roman: dtâan-taan
lang: Turkish
word: direnmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: опира́тися
roman: opyrátysja
lang: Ukrainian
word: проти́витися
roman: protývytysja
lang: Ukrainian
word: протистоя́ти
roman: protystojáty
lang: Vietnamese
word: chống cự
lang: Welsh
word: gwrthsefyll