resistancere‧sist‧ance /rɪˈzɪstəns/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun 
people’s resistance to changeresistance from The no-smoking policy was introduced with little resistance from staff.2fighting [singular, uncountable] fighting against someone who is attacking youput up/offer resistance Rebel gunmen have put up strong resistance.3against infection/illness [singular, uncountable] the natural ability of a person, animal, or plant to stop diseases or difficult conditions from harming themresistance to the body’s resistance to infection disease resistance4wind/air/water resistance the way in which wind, air, or water can cause a moving object such as a car, plane, or boat to slow down5electricity [uncountable] the ability of a substance to stop the flow of an electric current through it6the resistance (also the Resistance) an organization that secretly fights against an enemy that controls their country7the line/path of least resistance if you follow the path of least resistance, you avoid making difficult decisions and choose the easiest solution to a problem – often used to show disapproval: Many people don’t make changes because they’re following the path of least resistance. Kirk always just takes the line of least resistance. → passive resistanceCOLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2adjectivesstrong resistance· He prepared for strong resistance to the changes.stiff resistance (=strong resistance)· The city government is facing some stiff resistance.considerable resistance (=fairly strong resistance)· The proposals met with considerable resistance from our American colleagues.fierce resistance· Endeavours to change their religion had provoked fierce resistance.stubborn resistance· The stubborn resistance of the people remains an inspiring example.heroic resistance· The threat of invasion drew the Greek cities together in heroic resistance to the Persians.token resistance (=not great or sincere)· He put up only a token resistance.passive resistance (=a way of protesting against something or opposing a government without using violence)· Suffragettes resorted to passive resistance as the only weapon at their disposal.verbsput up resistance (=resist someone or something)· If the rest of us are agreed, I don’t think he’ll put up much resistance.offer resistance· The demonstrators offered no resistance.meet (with) resistance (also encounter resistance formal) (=be resisted)· Attempts to modify the curriculum have met with strong resistance in many colleges.· The troops advanced swiftly, encountering only minor resistance.overcome resistance (=fight and win against it)· How can he overcome resistance to the idea in Congress?crush resistance (=end it by force)· He added that any resistance would be crushed.resistance + NOUNthe resistance movement (=all the people who work together to resist military forces controlling their country)· Members of the resistance movement were arrested and shot.a resistance group· The resistance groups are well armed.a resistance fighter· Resistance fighters had captured a German officer.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Any policy that creates unemployment is likely to meet with strong resistance.
- She became one of the symbols of resistance both at home and abroad.
- There has been a lot of resistance to tax increases, even those designed to benefit education.
- Vitamins can build up your resistance to colds and flu.
- Almost immediately, however, a fierce nationalist resistance erupted directed by a fiery prophet in the hills of Galilee.
- At the same time he was capable of strong resistance to conformity.
- Because unlike the marmots, the rats had no resistance to the disease that the fleas carried.
- But there has also been a remarkable resistance.
- In most cases, the insulin resistance is due to obesity, especially the accumulation of too much fat within the abdomen.
- Middle-class resistance is therefore the greatest threat to the Republicans' tax-reforming efforts.
- The first line of plant resistance is the surface skin layer, the epidermis, like your own skin.
Longman Language Activatorthe best part of something
also the best bit British informal the best part of something such as an occasion, event etc: · The best part of the movie is the ending.· What was the best part of your vacation?
the best and most exciting part of something such as a journey, a film, or a period of time: · When I was young, Christmas was the highlight of the year.· We were looking forward to seeing the pyramids, which promised to be the highlight of our trip.
the best part of something, or the best moment of something: · The two days we spent in Granada were the high point of our trip.· Winning the 1994 World Championship was probably the high point of his career.
the best and most impressive part of something that someone has made, especially a meal: · And now for my pièce de résistance -- wild mushrooms cooked in red wine.
to fight against someone powerful or something bad · Residents are fighting the local council over plans for a new road.· The community is struggling to fight against drug dealers and prostitution, in their effort to make the area a safer place to live.
to fight in a very determined way against changes that you think will be unfair or could take people's freedom away: · By resisting the Mafia's attempts to control the region, he was putting his own life in danger.· The unions have resisted attempts to change the pay structure.
when people fight in a very determined way against changes or a government that they think will be unfair or could take people's freedom away: · She became one of the symbols of resistance both at home and abroad.resistance to: · There has been a lot of resistance to tax increases, even those designed to benefit education.meet with resistance (=cause resistance): · Any policy that creates unemployment is likely to meet with strong resistance.
to fight against someone who is doing something that harms you: · Children are often powerless to fight back when they are treated unfairly.· You must fight back if you become a victim of discrimination.· This nation has been oppressed for too long, and it's time we fought back.
to refuse to accept bad or unfair treatment from someone, especially someone who is stronger or more powerful than you are: · Aggressive bosses are less likely to criticize workers who stand up to them.· He is respected as a leader who is willing to stand up to the West.
to fight in order to show that you are against something that you think is bad or unfair, even though you are not likely to succeed in stopping it: · Although parents and local residents put up a fight, they couldn't stop the school being closed.· People are not going to accept being sent back to the war zone without putting up a fight.
to fight for as long as possible against a change that someone powerful is trying to make, because you think it is wrong or unfair: · The workers held out for several months against the closure of the mine, but they were eventually defeated.
to show publicly that you think something is wrong, and take action to stop it: · If you're not prepared to make a stand yourself, you can't expect anyone else to.make a stand against: · Gandhi and his followers made a determined stand against the racist and imperialist policies of the government.
to fight against something such as a law or system that you think is wrong: · Those who opposed the regime were put into prison or even executed.· There will be a rally on September 22 for all those who oppose direct military action.
WORD SETSbomb shelter, nounearthwork, nounentanglement, nounentrenchment, nounmail, nounmoat, nounrepulse, verbresistance, nounstockade, nounwar game, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meanings 1 & 2adjectives The government has encountered strong opposition to its plans to raise income tax. He put up a stout defence in court.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· He prepared for strong resistance to the changes.
(=strong resistance)· The city government is facing some stiff resistance.
(=fairly strong resistance)· The proposals met with considerable resistance from our American colleagues.
· Endeavours to change their religion had provoked fierce resistance.
· The stubborn resistance of the people remains an inspiring example.
· The threat of invasion drew the Greek cities together in heroic resistance to the Persians.
(=not great or sincere)· He put up only a token resistance.
(=a way of protesting against something or opposing a government without using violence)· Suffragettes resorted to passive resistance as the only weapon at their disposal.
verbs (=resist someone or something)· If the rest of us are agreed, I don’t think he’ll put up much resistance.
· The demonstrators offered no resistance.
(also encounter resistance formal) (=be resisted)· Attempts to modify the curriculum have met with strong resistance in many colleges.· The troops advanced swiftly, encountering only minor resistance.
(=fight and win against it)· How can he overcome resistance to the idea in Congress?
(=end it by force)· He added that any resistance would be crushed.
resistance + NOUN (=all the people who work together to resist military forces controlling their country)· Members of the resistance movement were arrested and shot.
· The resistance groups are well armed.
· Resistance fighters had captured a German officer.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The government has encountered strong opposition to its plans to raise income tax. He put up a stout defence in court.· Objective I-C.. Improve surveillance and rapid laboratory identification to ensure early detection of antimicrobial resistance.· The current crisis in antimicrobial resistance can not be adequately managed without dramatic changes in current patterns of antimicrobial drug usage.· The development of antimicrobial resistance is a dynamic process requiring continual surveillance of organism susceptibility over time.· For example, the true magnitude of the antimicrobial drug resistance crisis is unknown because of the absence of systematic monitoring.
· It is interesting to note that there appears to be great resistance to acknowledging the full impact of secularism on schools.· The greatest resistance to union came primarily from the Gaelic peoples who inhabited the largest separate island to the west, Ireland.· The parents start to react inappropriately to the child, attempt to force feed, and cause greater resistance.· It is a very host centered view to expect greater resistance in the home lake.· As well as these weather-resisting advantages, the cavity wall has greater sound and thermal insulating properties and a greater resistance to overturning.· There was great resistance initially, but now almost every opera house uses them.· On Earth the much greater air resistance masks this effect.· The abolition of the sororities evidently did not take place without a great deal of resistance.
· The high resistance speaker used in previous experiments would not be satisfactory.· They also have high impact resistance, offering unbeatable value, quality and performance.· The space shuttle uses specially designed ceramic tiles with very high thermal resistances to prevent conduction during re-entry.· Polycarbonate can be made as clear as glass, with high resistance to scratching and impact damage.· The boots also showed high water resistance.
· The police began making arrests, finally, and there was little resistance.· Crossing the Rapidan with but little resistance...· Hoard and Graham plowed downfield, with the Raiders offering little resistance.· They met little resistance, agents claim.
· The Magdalen College affair, for example, provides a classic example of passive resistance.· Nor could Edna forgive Jane her offensive passive resistance.· Within the classroom too teachers have to live with an active or passive resistance to their best efforts.· Open negativism turns into stony passive resistance.· There was great resentment, and considerable passive resistance.· But passive resistance doesn't work.· You can either hit these germs with an antibiotic, or paralyse your bowels and win through passive resistance.· Chancellor Cuno's government proclaimed a policy of passive resistance, which entailed unlimited subsidies to the population of the Ruhr.
· Everything was out in the open - political resistance, management failings and just sheer inertia.· What was needed now was a major legislative victory that would change the atmosphere of political resentment and resistance on Capitol Hill.· Such questions are important because they probe the conditions under which political and cultural resistance is generated.· There is recognition of the political resistance at home to waging wars against the colonial revolution in the name of anticommunism.· Paradoxically, a true anti-sexist curriculum is one that encourages creative and political resistance - both in and out of school.· Openness is becoming universal, and will continue to do so, whatever political resistance there may be.· They insisted on fostering legal forms of opposition and on social rather than political resistance.· Funding problems and political resistance are creating hurdles to the process, however.
· There may be more reluctance, even strong resistance, to a transfer of role.· In attempting to implement the new policy via decree, Gordon had encountered strong patient resistance.· This had not been mentioned in the original discussions, so strong resistance to its being handed out had to be overcome.· At the same time he was capable of strong resistance to conformity.· Deep-rooted emotional stability. Strong resistance to stress.· Sammler against strong internal resistance saw him.· Lack of resources and strong resistance to breaking down barriers between health care agencies are other contributing factors.· This sets up competition among individuals and often a strong resistance to much-needed changes.
· However, Wainwright offered stubborn resistance, and responded with some hard hitting from the baseline to level the score at 6-6.· What accounted for this stubborn resistance of nationalities to the predicted assimilation?· After two-and-a-half years of stubborn resistance, the Republic collapsed rapidly during the first three months of 1939.
NOUN· The actual path taken by the orbiter is complex and designed to minimize the effect of air resistance on the craft.· This holds precisely because all objects fall at the same speed under gravity. Air resistance is being ignored here.· No atmosphere means no air resistance.· No air resistance means that it is easier to demonstrate one of the most important features of how gravity works.· The problem of air resistance could be broken down into shape and surface effects.· On Earth the much greater air resistance masks this effect.· Above the atmosphere there is no air resistance no matter what the speed.· For the moment let us forget about air resistance and assume that the whole set up is in free fall.
· This is a mechanism of drug resistance distinct from amplification and multidrug-resistance described previously.· For example, the true magnitude of the antimicrobial drug resistance crisis is unknown because of the absence of systematic monitoring.· Fears of the emergence of drug resistance in colonising bacteria in patients receiving selective decontamination of the gut have not been realised.· The role of comparative biochemistry in parasites and its role in drug resistance - species differences in tubulin - E Lacey.· As a result, drug resistance flourished in the poorer boroughs.· An important consideration is that multiple drug resistance has rendered many low-cost drugs useless for this purpose.· There is rising drug resistance for major pathogens at the same time as new pathogens continue to appear.
· Soldiers, spies, resistance fighters, protesters.· Most of the younger resistance fighters lived with other families who treated them like their sons.
· Some can hop from host to host, carrying resistance genes as they go.· The solid black box represents the ble resistance gene.· The Murray Collection had plenty of plasmids, but no resistance genes at all.
· The increase in the serum insulin concentration after steroid treatment may reflect increased energy intake or induction of insulin resistance.· This is the first treatment designed to specifically target insulin resistance, which is a precursor to diabetes.· Challenging the orthodoxy of insulin resistance.· In a vicious cycle, weight gain increases insulin resistance increases weight gain.· This concept of selective insulin resistance is not new and has been well demonstrated in animal models.· All that concentrated sugar can be dangerous for a person who has insulin resistance, and is at risk for diabetes.· And for about 25 percent of people, weight gain increases insulin resistance, and can lead to diabetes.· In most cases, the insulin resistance is due to obesity, especially the accumulation of too much fat within the abdomen.
· Consider their response to a steady sinusoidal input signal when a load resistance R L is connected across the output terminals.· The current consumption of the stage will be fixed by the load resistance to which the collector is connected.
· The resistance movement dismissed the allegations.· Grandfather wanted to leave for Manchuria and join the resistance movement.· These outbreaks were typically spontaneous and unpremeditated; there is no evidence of a football resistance movement in action.· I know he and Alan are thick in the draft resistance movement.· Slowly an underground resistance movement grew, catering for discriminating customers.· Meanwhile, the resistance movement settled down to an in-and-out-of-all routine relieved by austerity on the farm.· Was this man leading a resistance movement against the Dark Power?· The Romantics, like each of the other resistance movements, partook of that ecospiritual sensibility in a particular way.
· Naturally the water resistance was less, but modern tanning processes have improved leathers considerably.· Zipped fly. Water resistance: they stayed comfortable in a light drizzle, but wind-driven showers quickly penetrated the fabric.· The boots also showed high water resistance.· No fly. Water resistance: held off light showers well, though steady rain will penetrate.· Double thickness seat and knee panels. Water resistance: water penetrates readily, but the trousers coped well with light drizzle.
· If you want to lower the wind resistance on a car body how low do you want to get it?· A car that squats low meets less wind resistance.· It behaves as a solid body of a particular mass and wind resistance ought to behave.· He says that because of the seated position the rider has less wind resistance and more leg power.· However, the extra wind resistance created by the panels means that the construction must be fairly robust.
VERB· Along with advances were false starts, successful resistance to change, failures and reversals.· All fully partake of the sacred; and this is what gives them their perennial resistance to change.· Mitchell shows how the tribal politics of Northern Ireland create both resistance to change and a network of matching relationships.· Chapter 2 helps you avoid the mistake of equating hesitation and anxiety with determined resistance to change.· What I now faced was a small town with a strongly macho bias and an inbuilt resistance to change.· Official inertia and resistance to change have at times seemed to spring from a sense of hopelessness.· The problems of employee resistance to change were discussed in the earlier chapter on conflict, stress and change.· Despite recent media attention, Edith Morgan finds continued resistance to change and an urgent need for positive measures.
· That is just a want. 7 Develop sales resistance.· Insects gradually developed resistance to most of the major pesticides introduced in the years since.· This should help slow the rate at which bacteria develop antibiotic resistance.· But they began to develop resistance to the insecticide.· And many pests have developed resistance to the most commonly used pesticides.· Diseases are rapidly developing resistances to current antibiotics.· More often than not, the parasite develops a resistance to drugs and suitable alternatives are not easy to find.· Both the bugs also can develop resistance independently when a person is repeatedly subjected to antibiotics.
· In recent months, Musharraf has narrowed the focus of his sweeping reform agenda as it encountered resistance from various interest groups.· But with every initiative, they encountered an undercurrent of resistance.· Her hands encountered no resistance, but found no way through the fog.· But his plan encountered resistance as soon as he got home.· Measures to prevent the competitive liberalization of consumer credit will encounter the heaviest resistance.· In attempting to implement the new policy via decree, Gordon had encountered strong patient resistance.
· Any extra load on the tail will help to increase its resistance to moving sideways and so help prevent a serious swing.· And for about 25 percent of people, weight gain increases insulin resistance, and can lead to diabetes.· This may, however, worsen hypertension by increasing the peripheral vascular resistance.· In combination they increase resistance twentyfold.
· Probably only an opposition candidate who was himself a nationalist should have led the final resistance.· But Hashimoto has also led resistance to economic changes and concessions urged by the Clinton administration.· Was this man leading a resistance movement against the Dark Power?· They will be largely disregarded, or even lead to organized resistance.· In general it leads to low level resistance.· Their view is that this will lead to clinical resistance and ultimately to a failure to implement.
· The army said the attackers met considerable resistance.· The Summer plan met with annual resistance from all four of us.· These conditions were expected to meet stiff resistance in the Legislative Assembly.· However tame, these charismatic approaches still met severe resistance from the more cautious leadership of the established denominations.· State law could not provide discipline because it met resistance from consciences.· Legislatures are, of course, dominated by lawyers, and the attempt to limit settlements meets stiff legislative resistance.· Then she met his eyes and resistance collapsed.
· It offered no resistance and Urquhart was almost thrown off balance when it slipped free.· He offered no resistance and made no final statement, Kindel said.· The animals here are at the command of mankind and offer no resistance to their own exploitation.· Hoard and Graham plowed downfield, with the Raiders offering little resistance.· She had remained quiet in his grasp, offering no active resistance, aware that it would be useless.· The demonstrators offered no resistance and none were physically removed from the site.· However, Wainwright offered stubborn resistance, and responded with some hard hitting from the baseline to level the score at 6-6.· She took the wastebin and the book from his hands, and he could offer her no resistance.
· At the beginning of each new paragraph she must summon her strength to overcome enormous resistances.· Ideas need to be tested by their ability, in combination with events, to overcome inertia and resistance.· The head alone can not overcome resistances and antagonisms which lie outside school.· It was ridiculous, but somehow she had never overcome a resistance to working with children.· Similarly a sense of competition will often overcome the resistance.· The first two chapters describe activities which will help overcome problems such as learner resistance.· Work is done by a system when the system exerts a force to overcome resistance.· Handling by kidney squeeze overcame any further resistance so that it was then possible to secure the model in the Pavlov stock.
· It replaces arms that provide a simple resistance ratio, with much advantage.· And so, when the enemy charged, we immediately yielded and provided no resistance.· This also provides some resistance to heat loss.· It provides the main resistance to the sideways forces of the sail. 2.· Marbletex smooth contains a tough flexible resin to provide weather resistance.· By sailing the board at an angle the leeward rail digs in providing more sideways resistance.· Reeve provided the only resistance until he was run out.· Together the bladder and the nylon layer provided the chief resistance to pressure difference.
· But Manu does not seem to care about being raped, and puts up no resistance.· The rebels have put up fierce resistance with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades.· Vincent agreed, too low-spirited to put up any resistance.· And Fiordiligi puts up more resistance than her sister Dorabella, and her brilliant coloratura arias reflect her emotional torment.· Kulti, 21, put up a little more resistance in the second set, but to no avail.
· The boots also showed high water resistance.· Such factors could have hurt the results in the study that showed cross- resistance.· The Trespa TopLab has shown resistance to almost all concentrated acids, solvents, non-abrasive industrial cleaning agents and dyestuffs.· She showed resistance to harsh discipline and a vindictiveness over any prohibitions.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1against change [singular, uncountable] a refusal to accept new ideas or changesresistance to- If you take the line of least resistance or fail to be consistent, you will actually make things worse.
- Political will in such situations is a low explosive, blasting along the lines of least resistance.
- Pretty soon, the water, which follows the path of least resistance, has its own plan for your driveway.
- The priesthood built itself and if we help it along we are only following the line of least resistance.
- Usually he just takes the line of least resistance.
- When it constructs its tunnel underground the rabbit, naturally enough, takes the line of least resistance.
- A 3-phase 15° step-angle variable-reluctance motor has a rated phase current 01 2.0A and a phase winding resistance of 5.0 ohms.
- A car that squats low meets less wind resistance.
- If you want to lower the wind resistance on a car body how low do you want to get it?
- Naturally the water resistance was less, but modern tanning processes have improved leathers considerably.
- The actual path taken by the orbiter is complex and designed to minimize the effect of air resistance on the craft.
- This holds precisely because all objects fall at the same speed under gravity. Air resistance is being ignored here.
- During World War II, he joined the resistance against the Nazis.
- By then I realized it was all too late anyway so I didn't put up a fight.
- Had he, perhaps, put up a fight?
- I bet you did that last night. - Did she put up a fight, then?
- I start running, but my body puts up a fight.
- Instead of dragging everything into the open and putting up a fight, I held on in silence.
- Not only relieved by beating Dallas, but yes, this team can put up a fight.
- The temptation was great to muster what force we could and put up a fight.
- After two-and-a-half years of stubborn resistance, the Republic collapsed rapidly during the first three months of 1939.
- As the family kept vigil, the children saw at close quarters the stubborn determination of their stepmother.
- However, Wainwright offered stubborn resistance, and responded with some hard hitting from the baseline to level the score at 6-6.
- Perhaps it was her stubborn refusal to see her family broken up that made Mrs Breen appealing to Farnham.
- There was no cheering on the part of the men, but a stubborn determination to obey orders and do their duty.
- What accounted for this stubborn resistance of nationalities to the predicted assimilation?
people’s resistance to changeresistance from The no-smoking policy was introduced with little resistance from staff.2fighting [singular, uncountable] fighting against someone who is attacking youput up/offer resistance Rebel gunmen have put up strong resistance.3against infection/illness [singular, uncountable] the natural ability of a person, animal, or plant to stop diseases or difficult conditions from harming themresistance to the body’s resistance to infection disease resistance4wind/air/water resistance the way in which wind, air, or water can cause a moving object such as a car, plane, or boat to slow down5electricity [uncountable] the ability of a substance to stop the flow of an electric current through it6the resistance (also the Resistance) an organization that secretly fights against an enemy that controls their country7the line/path of least resistance if you follow the path of least resistance, you avoid making difficult decisions and choose the easiest solution to a problem – often used to show disapproval: Many people don’t make changes because they’re following the path of least resistance. Kirk always just takes the line of least resistance. → passive resistanceCOLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2adjectivesstrong resistance· He prepared for strong resistance to the changes.stiff resistance (=strong resistance)· The city government is facing some stiff resistance.considerable resistance (=fairly strong resistance)· The proposals met with considerable resistance from our American colleagues.fierce resistance· Endeavours to change their religion had provoked fierce resistance.stubborn resistance· The stubborn resistance of the people remains an inspiring example.heroic resistance· The threat of invasion drew the Greek cities together in heroic resistance to the Persians.token resistance (=not great or sincere)· He put up only a token resistance.passive resistance (=a way of protesting against something or opposing a government without using violence)· Suffragettes resorted to passive resistance as the only weapon at their disposal.verbsput up resistance (=resist someone or something)· If the rest of us are agreed, I don’t think he’ll put up much resistance.offer resistance· The demonstrators offered no resistance.meet (with) resistance (also encounter resistance formal) (=be resisted)· Attempts to modify the curriculum have met with strong resistance in many colleges.· The troops advanced swiftly, encountering only minor resistance.overcome resistance (=fight and win against it)· How can he overcome resistance to the idea in Congress?crush resistance (=end it by force)· He added that any resistance would be crushed.resistance + NOUNthe resistance movement (=all the people who work together to resist military forces controlling their country)· Members of the resistance movement were arrested and shot.a resistance group· The resistance groups are well armed.a resistance fighter· Resistance fighters had captured a German officer.