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resistance

/ɹɪˈzɪstəns/

resistance noun: the act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.

Noun

resistance (countable and uncountable, plural resistances)

  1. The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
    • widespread resistance to the new urban development plans
    • the resistance of bacteria to certain antibiotics
    Synonyms:
    opposition
  2. A force that tends to oppose motion.
  3. Electrical resistance.
  4. (dated) A resistor.
    • In our study of simple electrical circuits, we have considered a single source of E.M.F. for each individual circuit but we have learned that any number of resistances may be connected in parallel […]1928, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Long Lines Dept, Principles of Electricity Applied to Telephone and Telegraph Work (page 52)
  5. An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.
    • Alliance forces are stretched too thin right now to attempt to liberate the colony, but we've been doing what we can to covertly aid the local resistance.2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3: From Ashes (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Priority Mission: Eden Prime

resistance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

resistance in Hindi

act of resisting
विरोध virodh, प्रतिरोध pratirodh, मुक़ाबला muqāblā

resistance in Tamil

எதிர்ப்பு, எதிர்ப்புத்தன்மை, தடுப்பாற்றல், தடை, மின்தடை, எதிர்ப்புத்திறன்

resistance in Marathi

resistance
प्रतिकार pratikār

resistance in Urdu

act of resisting
مزاحمت muzāhimat, مقابله muqāblā
More languagesFewer languages
resistance in Bengali
বাধা badha
resistance in Telugu
వారణము vāraṇamu
resistance in Malayalam
പ്രതിരോധം pratirōdhaṁ, ചെറുക്കൽ ceṟukkal, വൈദ്യുതപ്രതിരോധം vaidyutapratirōdhaṁ
resistance in Kannada
ಪ್ರತೀಕಾರ pratīkāra, ಪ್ರತಿರೋಧ pratirōdha
resistance in Punjabi
ਪ੍ਰਤੀਰੋਧ
resistance in Gujarati
પ્રતિકાર
resistance in Odia
ପ୍ରତିରୋଧ
resistance in Sanskrit
प्रतिकार pratikāra, स्थिर sthira, क्षमा kṣamā
resistance in Nepali
प्रतिरोध
resistance in Pashto
مقاومت moqāwemát
resistance in Tagalog
sagwil
resistance in Arabic
مُقَاوَمَة muqāwama
resistance in Malay
rintangan, penentangan, hambatan
resistance in Indonesian
penentangan, resistensi, berlawanan arus, resistansi
resistance in Persian
مقاومت moqâvemat, مقابله moqâbele, پایداری pāydāri
resistance in Thai
การต่อต้าน gaan-dtɔ̀ɔ-dtâan
resistance in Vietnamese
sự chống cự, sự đề kháng, sức cản
resistance in Myanmar
ခုခံခြင်း hku.hkamhkrang:

Examples of resistance in a sentence

  • […]this Autority of his Perſon, doth notwithſtanding lay on us an Obligation, of keeping under his Obedience, and making no warlike Reſiſtance.1695, John Kettlewell, Chriſtianity, a Doctrine of the Cross: or, Paſſive Obedience under any Pretended Invaſion of Legal Rights and...
  • The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  • For decades, trainers and scientists have debated whether and how to mix cardio and resistance exercise.2021 November 3, Gretchen Reynolds, “Cardio Before Weight Lifting May Help Boost Muscle”, in The New York Times, archived from the original...

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Synonyms of resistance

Forms of resistance

pluralresistances
alternative form (obsolete)resistaunce
alternative form (rare)resistence

Plural of resistance: resistances

Origin of resistance

From earlier resistence, from Middle English resistence, from Old French resistence, from Latin resistentia. Morphologically resist + -ance.

Words formed from resistance

Phrases with resistance

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Words that rhyme with resistance

Questions about resistance

What does resistance mean?
Resistance means the act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
What is resistance in Hindi?
Resistance in Hindi is विरोध (virodh), प्रतिरोध (pratirodh), मुक़ाबला (muqāblā). See Resistance meaning in Hindi.
How do you use resistance in a sentence?
[…]this Autority of his Perſon, doth notwithſtanding lay on us an Obligation, of keeping under his Obedience, and making no warlike Reſiſtance.
What part of speech is resistance?
Resistance is a noun.
How do you pronounce resistance?
Resistance is pronounced /ɹɪˈzɪstəns/.
What is the plural of resistance?
The plural of resistance is resistances.

Words near resistance in the dictionary

  1. resiquimod
  2. resist
  3. resist work
  4. resistability
  5. resistable
  6. resistance
  7. resistance arm
  8. resistance arms
  9. resistance band
  10. resistance bands
  11. resistance box

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: resistance (page history and authors); resistance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); प्रतिकार (Marathi) (page history and authors); বাধা (Bengali) (page history and authors); వారణము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಪ್ರತಿರೋಧ (Kannada) (page history and authors); resistance (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); resistance (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); resistance (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); क्षमा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); resistance (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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