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{
"term": "resist",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "resist",
"heSheIt": "resists"
},
"pastSimple": "resisted",
"pastParticiple": "resisted",
"ingForm": "resisting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to refuse to accept something and try to stop it from happening",
"sensetop": "resist somethingresist doing something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They are determined to **resist pressure** to change the law.",
"contextForm": "resist something"
},
{
"text": "People naturally resist change."
},
{
"text": "The bank strongly resisted cutting interest rates.",
"contextForm": "resist doing something"
},
{
"text": "Residents who oppose the plans are threatening to resist."
},
{
"text": "She steadfastly resisted all attempts to help her."
},
{
"text": "I believe we should resist calls for tighter controls."
},
{
"text": "They successfully resisted pressure from their competitors to increase prices."
},
{
"text": "Employer groups fiercely resisted the introduction of the minimum wage."
},
{
"text": "Trends in the national economy confront companies with pressures they are unable to resist."
}
],
"synonyms": "oppose",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["fiercely", "firmly", "resolutely"],
"verb + resist": ["be able to", "can", "manage to"],
"phrases": ["the strength to resist something"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to fight back when attacked; to use force to stop something from happening",
"sensetop": "resist something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He tried to pin me down, but I resisted."
},
{
"text": "She was charged with **resisting arrest**.",
"contextForm": "resist something"
},
{
"text": "He gathered forces to resist the invasion."
},
{
"text": "The civil population passively resisted."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to stop yourself from having something you like or doing something you very much want to do",
"sensetop": "resist somethingresist doing something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I finished the cake. I **couldn't resist it**.",
"contextForm": "resist something"
},
{
"text": "The Chancellor **resisted the temptation** to raise business taxes."
},
{
"text": "I found the temptation to miss the class too **hard to resist**."
},
{
"text": "She could hardly **resist the urge** to turn and run."
},
{
"text": "He couldn't resist showing off his new car.",
"contextForm": "resist doing something"
},
{
"text": "Eric couldn’t resist a smile when she finally agreed."
},
{
"text": "She was powerless to resist the attraction that she felt to him."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to not be harmed or damaged by something",
"sensetop": "resist something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "A healthy diet should help your body resist infection."
},
{
"text": "The castle was built to resist attack."
},
{
"text": "This new paint is designed to resist heat."
},
{
"text": "Aluminium resists corrosion and rust."
},
{
"text": "They are treated with silicone to enable them to resist damp."
},
{
"text": "crops that resist disease and pest attack"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈzɪst/",
"audio": "re/resist/resist__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈzɪsts/",
"audio": "re/resist/resists__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈzɪstɪd/",
"audio": "re/resist/resisted__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈzɪstɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/resist/resisting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈzɪst/",
"audio": "re/resist/resist__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈzɪsts/",
"audio": "re/resist/resists__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈzɪstɪd/",
"audio": "re/resist/resisted__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈzɪstɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/resist/resisting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French resister or Latin resistere, from re- (expressing opposition) + sistere ‘stop’ (reduplication of stare ‘to stand’)."
}