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reluct

Syllables: re·luct/ɹɪˈlʌkt/

reluct verb: to be averse to.

Verb

reluct (third-person singular simple present relucts, present participle relucting, simple past and past participle relucted)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To be averse to.
    • He was by nature highly passionate, but more apt to reluct at the excesses of it.1639, The Life of Dr. John Donne
    • I care not to be carried with the tide, that smoothly bears human life to eternity; and reluct at the inevitable course of destiny.1839, Charles Lamb, New Year's Eve

Noun

reluct

  1. magnetic resistance, being equal to the ratio of magnetomotive force to magnetic flux

reluct meaning in Bengali

reluct in Bengali

চৌম্বকীয় প্রতিরোধ

Forms of reluct

third-person singular presentrelucts
present participlerelucting
past participlerelucted
pastrelucted

Origin of reluct

From Latin reluctor.

Words formed from reluct

Questions about reluct

What does reluct mean?
Reluct means to be averse to.
What is reluct in Bengali?
Reluct in Bengali is চৌম্বকীয় প্রতিরোধ. See Reluct meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is reluct?
Reluct can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce reluct?
Reluct is pronounced /ɹɪˈlʌkt/.
What is the past tense of reluct?
The past tense of reluct is relucted.

Words near reluct in the dictionary

  1. relubrication
  2. relubrications
  3. relucencies
  4. relucency
  5. relucent
  6. reluct
  7. reluctance
  8. reluctance motor
  9. reluctance motors
  10. reluctances
  11. reluctancies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reluct (page history and authors); reluct (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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