resistance
The act of resisting, or the capacity to resistThe act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
» We didn't expect so much resistance.
Mit soviel Widerstand hätten wir nicht gerechnet.
Ми не очікували такого опору.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
widespread resistance to the new urban development plans
the resistance of bacteria to certain antibiotics
Widerstand
сопротивле́ниеsoprotivlénije, отпо́рotpór
о́пірópir, спро́тивsprótyv
(countable, uncountable)A force that tends to oppose motion.
Widerstand
сопротивле́ниеsoprotivlénije
any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
(countable, uncountable)Electrical resistance.
Widerstand
сопротивле́ниеsoprotivlénije
an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
(countable, dated, uncountable)A resistor.
(countable, uncountable)An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
Widerstand
сопротивле́ниеsoprotivlénije
Examples
122 sentencesWe didn't expect so much resistance.
Ми не очікували такого опору. — rmdas
deMit soviel Widerstand hätten wir nicht gerechnet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Did you meet with any resistance?
We came up against massive popular resistance.
Our proposed plan met with strong resistance.
ruПредложенный нами план встретил решительное сопротивление. — marafon
Did you offer any resistance?
ruВы оказали сопротивление? — Wezel
Translations
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Origin
From earlier resistence, from Middle English resistence, from Old French resistence, fromFrom earlier resistence, from Middle English resistence, from Old French resistence, from Latin resistentia. Morphologically resist + -ance.
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Forms
plural: resistancesSynonyms
9 synonyms- the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with:opposition
- an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current:resistor
- a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force:underground
- (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease:immunity
- a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms:electric resistanceelectrical resistanceimpedanceresistivityohmic resistance
Word family
21 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable