resist

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rɪˈzɪst/
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• Hyphenation: re‧sist

Verb

Plain form resist

Third-person singular resists

Past tense resisted

Past participle resisted

Present participle resisting

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you resist something, you work, push, fight, etc. against it.

   Unable to resist the call of the road, he left once more.

   We're helping kids resist the pressure to start smoking.

   She resisted every attempt to make changes.

   Since when have I been able to resist chocolate?

   They must resist the force that is being used against them.

Synonyms

• avoid
• fight
• survive
• attack
• challenge

Related words

• resistible
• resistance
• resistant
• unresistant
• nonresistant
• resistor