resist

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/ɹɪˈzɪst/

verb 4noun 1

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

fiercely, firmly, resolutely, strenuously, strongly, vigorously

successfully

She successfully resisted the temptation to check her phone during the important meeting.

naturally

Children naturally resist eating vegetables when they are young.

stubbornly

passively

The workers passively resisted the new rules by ignoring them completely.

physically

at first, initially, so far

She initially resisted the idea of moving abroad, but eventually changed her mind.

VERB + RESIST

be able/unable to, can/could (hardly), can't/couldn't (easily)

I couldn't resist buying another coffee even though I'd already had two that morning.

can/could never, can/could no longer | be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to | try to | manage to | be determined to

be helpless to, be powerless to

He was helpless to resist buying another coffee even though he'd already had three that day.

tend to

PHRASES

the strength to resist sth

Definitions

verb

To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.

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.

To withstand the actions of.

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.

To oppose; to refuse to accept.

To be distasteful to.

These cates resist me,

noun

A protective coating or covering.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — withstand the force of something

verb — stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

withstand

verb — express opposition through action or words

verb — refuse to comply

verb — elude, especially in a baffling way

verb — resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tiss

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Shepard: You could have resisted. You could have fought! Instead, you surrendered. You quit.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

I can't resist sweet things.

Tatoeba · #21006

The guy was so childish that he couldn't resist temptation.

Tatoeba · #45345

The building is to be fifteen stories high, and built to resist earthquakes.

Tatoeba · #49975

Usage Notes

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In some senses, resist is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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