resist

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishresisten,fromMiddle FrenchresisterandOld Frenchresistre,and their source,Latinresistere,fromre-+sistere(“cause to stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɹɪˈzɪst/,/ɹəˈzɪst/

• Audio(US):

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• Hyphenation:re‧sist
• Rhymes:-ɪst

Verb

resist(third-person singular simple presentresists,present participleresisting,simple past and past participleresisted)

1. (transitive)Toattempttocountertheactionsoreffectsof.
   • 2008,BioWare,Mass Effect(Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→ISBN,→OCLC,PC, scene:Citadel:

     Shepard: You could haveresisted.You could have fought! Instead, you surrendered. You quit.

   • 2013June 28,Joris Luyendijk,“Our banks are out of control”,inThe Guardian Weekly,volume189,number 3, page21:

     Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who stillresiststhe idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.

2. (transitive)Towithstandthe actions of.
   • 1762,Charles Johnstone,The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools‎^[1],volume 2, Dublin: Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine,→OCLC,page202:

     At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able toreſiſtthe temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them[…]

   • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell,chapter XVI, inThe Mirror and the Lamp,Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:

     The preposterous altruism too![…]Resistnot evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.

3. (intransitive)Tooppose;to refuse to accept.
4. (transitive,obsolete)To be distasteful to.
   • c.1607–1608,William Shakeſpeare,The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre.[…],London: Imprinted at London forHenry Goſſon,[…],published1609,→OCLC,[Act II, scene iii]:

     These catesresistme,

Usage notes

• This is acatenativeverb that takes thegerund (-ing).SeeAppendix:English catenative verbs.

Synonyms

• gainstay
• oppose
• withset

Antonyms

• obey
• submit

Derived terms

• irresistible
• irresistibly
• resistance
• resistant
• resistantly
• resistible
• resistibly
• resisting arrest
• resistive
• resistively
• resistless
• resistlessly
• resistor

Translations

to attempt to counter actions or effects of

• Bulgarian:съпротивлявам се(sǎprotivljavam se)
• Catalan:resistir(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Chống lại(zh)(dǐzhì)

• Finnish:vastustaa(fi)
• French:résister(fr)
• German:widerstreben(de)
• Greek:ανθίσταμαι(el)(anthístamai)

  Ancient:ἀνθίστημι(anthístēmi)

• Hungarian:szembeszegül(hu),szembeszáll(hu)
• Irish:^{(pleaseverify)}cuir in aghaidh,^{(pleaseverify)}cuir in éadan,^{(pleaseverify)}cuir i gcoinne
• Latin:renītor,adversor,refrāgor
• Persian:تاوستن(phát)(tāvestan)
• Russian:ока́зыватьсопротивле́ниеimpf(okázyvatʹ soprotivlénije),оказа́тьсопротивле́ниеpf(okazátʹ soprotivlénije)
• Slovene:upirati seimpf
• Spanish:resistir(es)
• Thai:ต้าน(th)(dtâan)

to withstand actions or effects of

• Arabic:قَاوَمَ(qāwama)
• Armenian:դիմադրել(hy)(dimadrel),դիմակայել(hy)(dimakayel)
• Belarusian:супраціўля́ццаimpf(supraciŭljácca),процістая́цьimpf(procistajácʹ),праці́віццаimpf(pracívicca)
• Bulgarian:устоявам(bg)(ustojavam)
• Catalan:resistir(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Chống cự(zh)(dǐkàng),Phản kháng(zh)(fǎnkàng),Chống lại(zh)(dǐzhì)

• Czech:odolat(cs)
• Dutch:weerstaan(nl),zich verzetten
• Esperanto:rezisti
• Estonian:please add this translation if you can
• Finnish:kestää(fi),vastustaa(fi)
• French:résister(fr)
• Georgian:please add this translation if you can
• German:widerstehen(de)
• Greek:αντιστέκομαι(el)(antistékomai),ανθίσταμαι(el)(anthístamai)

  Ancient:ἀνθίστημι(anthístēmi)

• Hebrew:התנגד(he)m(hitnagéd),עמד ב־(amád be-)
• Hindi:please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian:ellenáll(hu)
• Icelandic:please add this translation if you can
• Irish:seas
• Japanese:Kháng う(ja)(aragau),Chống cự する(ja)(teikō suru),Phản kháng する(ja)(hankō suru),Nại える(ja)(kotaeru)
• Kannada:please add this translation if you can
• Korean:please add this translation if you can
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish:please add this translation if you can

• Latin:obnitor
• Macedonian:издржи(izdrži)
• Maltese:please add this translation if you can
• Maori:ātete,whakawhena
• Norwegian:motstå
• Occitan:resistir(oc)
• Old Saxon:witharstandan
• Persian:please add this translation if you can
• Polish:opierać się(pl)impf
• Portuguese:resistir(pt),aguentar(pt)
• Romanian:rezista(ro)
• Russian:сопротивля́ться(ru)(soprotivljátʹsja),противостоя́ть(ru)(protivostojátʹ),проти́виться(ru)(protívitʹsja)
• Scottish Gaelic:cum ri
• Serbo-Croatian:please add this translation if you can
• Slovak:odolávaťimpf,odolaťpf
• Slovene:upirati seimpf,zoperstavljati seimpf
• Spanish:resistir(es)
• Swedish:motstå(sv),stå emot(sv)
• Tagalog:please add this translation if you can
• Tamil:please add this translation if you can
• Telugu:please add this translation if you can
• Thai:ต่อต้าน(th)(dtɔ̀ɔ-dtâan),ต้านทาน(th)(dtâan-taan)
• Tibetan:please add this translation if you can
• Turkish:direnmek(tr)
• Ukrainian:опира́тисяimpf(opyrátysja),проти́витисяimpf(protývytysja),протистоя́тиimpf(protystojáty)
• Vietnamese:chống cự(vi)
• Welsh:gwrthsefyll(cy)
• Zulu:please add this translation if you can

to oppose

• Bulgarian:противопоставям се(protivopostavjam se)
• Catalan:abstenir(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Phản đối/Phản đối(zh)(fǎnduì)

• Finnish:vastustaa(fi)
• French:s’opposer(fr),rejeter(fr),empêcher(fr)
• German:widerstreiten(de)
• Greek:αντιστέκομαι(el)(antistékomai),εναντιώνομαι(el)(enantiónomai)

  Ancient:ἀνθίστημι(anthístēmi)

• Hungarian:ellenkezik(hu),ellenáll(hu)
• Irish:^{(pleaseverify)}an fód a sheasamh,^{(pleaseverify)}cos a chur i dtaca
• Italian:resistere(it),trattenere(it),astenere(it)
• Latin:abstineō(la),resistō
• Maori:ātete
• Portuguese:abster(pt),resistir(pt)
• Spanish:abstener(es),resistir(es)
• Thai:ต่อต้าน(th)(dtɔ̀ɔ-dtâan),คัดค้าน(th)(kát-káan),ค้าน(th)(káan)

to be distasteful to

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Lệnh ngườiChán ghét/Lệnh ngườiChán ghét(lìngrén yànwù)

• Finnish:etoa(fi)
• French:dégoûter(fr)
• German:zuwidersein
• Russian:при́торный(ru)(prítornyj)
• Spanish:please add this translation if you can

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Irish:^{(pleaseverify)}friotaigh(physics)
• Turkish:^{(pleaseverify)}direnmek(tr)

Noun

resist(countableanduncountable,pluralresists)

1. Aprotectivecoatingorcovering.

Derived terms

• photoresist
• resist work
• solder resist
• wax-resist

Translations

protective coating or covering

• Bulgarian:предпазен пластm(predpazen plast)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Kháng thực tề/Kháng thực tề(kàngshíjì),Phòng nhiễm tề/Phòng nhiễm tề(fángrǎnjì)

• Finnish:suojapinnoite
• French:vernis(fr)m
• German:Deckmitteln
• Irish:friotánm
• Portuguese:please add this translation if you can
• Russian:please add this translation if you can
• Spanish:please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Istres,Reists,Sister,reists,resits,restis,risest,sister