to resist
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2.2
- verb
- /rɪˈzɪst/
:
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- During the protest, many citizens stood together to resist the government's new policies.
- resist pressure
- resist attempts
- resist change
Some of them do and and resist pairing up with a woman.
- Some of them do and and resist pairing up with a woman.
- Will that person resist and fight against his grief?
- That is, they resist what right reason tells them.
- And so they resist the real impositions.
- And so it's the ego that resists surrender.
- Why are we not resisting big pharma and big corporations?
- That third response that makes you, Donald Trump, resist peace.
- We're embodied beings, and resisting oppression begins with the body.
- Well, the Bible says God resists the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.
- Her latest book is Hate Why We should resist it with free speech, not censorship.
- Bureaucracies resist change, for better and for worse.
- So, so I resist that and I resist explaining per SE.
- And then don't resist the despair and take a nap.
Examples
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If the United States were to resist these trends, the two countries might go to war.
Academic text (2013) -
I shall not bring down my flag, and if your men attempt it, my men will resist it.
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That is, they resist what right reason tells them.
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So you want young people to resist the times.
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So I think that we have to resist pessimism.
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Yet the world community would be wise to resist the dramatic headlines of water wars.
Academic text (2008) -
Moreover, it involves building the capacity of the state to resist those powerful oil-based interests.
Academic text (1999) -
Students of varied backgrounds and knowledge often resist efforts to collaborate with peers on key learning outcomes.
Academic text (2015) -
No, you must resist!
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"We uphold the principles of intellectual freedom and resist all efforts to censor library resources."
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To try hard to oppose or overcome something difficult
∞
2.9
To be against something and try to stop it
839
1.9
Refuse to accept someone or something
283
3.2
To show strong disagreement in public, often by joining a march or strike
206
3.3
To act against a rule, law, or popular opinion
188
3.3
Resist an attack or criticism by responding
178
3.7
Openly refuse to obey someone or seem to resist a force like time
139
3.7
To refuse to give up until you get what you want
126
3.7
To refuse to follow rules or orders from someone in charge
122
4.2
To resist strong or harmful force without breaking
72
4.2
To refuse to buy, use, or take part in something to protest
48
4.1
To act against the government or people in power
40
3.6
To show in public that you strongly disagree with something
40
7.4
To hesitate or refuse to do something
22
3.7
To resist a person or rule that treats people unfairly
22
3.7
Keep your decision or opinion when others try to make you change
22
4.9
Rise up against a government or ruler
4
9.2
To be hard to explain or understand
To resist authority in a way that is useless and makes things worse
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
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3.7
Not be able to stop yourself from doing something because you really want it
Compounds
How Resistant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Resist comes from the Latin parts re- 'against' and sistere 'to stand'. That image of 'standing against' makes it easy to see why to resist a rule or authority is to oppose it and refuse to follow.