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{
"term": "resistance",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "dislike of or opposition to a plan, an idea, etc.; the act of refusing to obey",
"sensetop": "resistance to somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "As with all new ideas it met with resistance."
},
{
"text": "There has been a lot of resistance to this new law.",
"contextForm": "resistance to somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Resistance to change has nearly destroyed the industry."
},
{
"text": "There was fierce resistance to the new laws."
},
{
"text": "They mounted stiff resistance to the proposal."
}
],
"topics": ["Preferences and decisions"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "great", "massive"],
"verb + resistance": ["mount", "offer", "put up"],
"resistance + verb": ["stiffen", "collapse", "crumble"],
"resistance + noun": ["movement", "fighter", "forces"],
"preposition": [
"without resistance",
"resistance against",
"resistance to"
],
"phrases": [
"the line of least resistance",
"the path of least resistance",
"a pocket of resistance"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the act of using force to oppose somebody/something",
"sensetop": "resistance to somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There were a number of episodes of armed resistance during the early years of occupation."
},
{
"text": "The defenders **put up a strong resistance**."
},
{
"text": "The demonstrators **offered** little or no **resistance** to the police.",
"contextForm": "resistance to somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "armed resistance against the Nazis"
},
{
"text": "The attacks did not take place without resistance."
},
{
"text": "The advancing army met with little resistance."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "great", "massive"],
"verb + resistance": ["mount", "offer", "put up"],
"resistance + verb": ["stiffen", "collapse", "crumble"],
"resistance + noun": ["movement", "fighter", "forces"],
"preposition": [
"without resistance",
"resistance against",
"resistance to"
],
"phrases": [
"the line of least resistance",
"the path of least resistance",
"a pocket of resistance"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the power not to be affected by something",
"sensetop": "resistance (to something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "AIDS lowers the body's resistance to infection."
},
{
"text": "Many viruses develop resistance to drugs."
},
{
"text": "These varieties produce a lot of fruit and have excellent disease resistance."
},
{
"text": "You need to build up your resistance to colds."
}
],
"topics": ["Health and Fitness"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["high", "increased", "low"],
"verb + resistance": ["have", "build up", "develop"],
"preposition": ["resistance to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a force that stops something moving or makes it move more slowly",
"sensetop": "resistance (to something)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**wind/air resistance** *(= in the design of planes or cars)*"
}
],
"topics": ["Physics and chemistry"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "the opposition of a substance or device to the flow of an electrical current",
"labels": "(physics)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Physics and chemistry"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a secret organization that resists the authorities, especially in a country that an enemy has control of",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "resistance fighters"
},
{
"text": "The Resistance was/were not going to surrender."
}
],
"topics": ["War and conflict"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "(to choose, etc.) the easiest way of doing something",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈzɪstəns/",
"audio": "re/resistance/resistance__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈzɪstəns/",
"audio": "re/resistance/resistance__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French résistance, from late Latin resistentia, from the verb resistere ‘hold back’, from re- (expressing opposition) + sistere ‘stop’ (reduplication of stare ‘to stand’)."
}