resilience
The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortuneThe mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.
» Never had they seen such resilience.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.
Resilienz, Belastbarkeit, Widerstandsfähigkeit
психологи́ческая усто́йчивостьpsixologíčeskaja ustójčivostʹ, усто́йчивостьustójčivostʹ, запа́с про́чностиzapás próčnosti
сті́йкістьstíjkistʹ
(countable, uncountable)The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.
Elastizität, elastisches Verformungsarbeitsaufnahmevermögen
упру́гостьuprúgostʹ, ги́бкостьgíbkostʹ, эласти́чностьelastíčnostʹ
the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
(countable, uncountable)The positive capacity of an organizational system or company to adapt and return to equilibrium after a crisis, failure or any kind of disruption, including: an outage, natural disasters, man-made disasters, terrorism, or similar (particularly IT systems, archives).
(countable, uncountable)The capacity to resist destruction or defeat, especially when under extreme pressure.
Examples
47 sentencesNever had they seen such resilience.
Others admire my resilience and strength.
I learned firsthand the importance of resilience.
She taught them the importance of resilience.
Your resilience serves as an inspiration to many.
Translations
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Forms
plural: resiliences| Singular | resilience |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit:resiliency
- an occurrence of rebounding or springing back:resiliency
Antonyms
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6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable