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resistresist /rɪˈzɪst/ ●●○ W3 verb ETYMOLOGYresistOrigin: 1300-1400 Latin resistere, from sistere to stop VERB TABLEresist |
Present | I, you, we, they | resist | | he, she, it | resists | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | resisted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have resisted | | he, she, it | has resisted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had resisted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will resist | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have resisted |
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Present | I | am resisting | | he, she, it | is resisting | | you, we, they | are resisting | Past | I, he, she, it | was resisting | | you, we, they | were resisting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been resisting | | he, she, it | has been resisting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been resisting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be resisting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been resisting |
► couldn’t resist I couldn’t resist buying these shoes. ► can’t resist They made me an offer I can’t resist. ► resist the temptation/urge etc. to do something She resisted the temptation to laugh at him. ► hard/impossible to resist It’s pretty hard to resist Jacob’s smile. ► resisting arrest He was charged with resisting arrest (=fighting against the police who were trying to take him to the police station). 1[intransitive, transitive usually in negatives] to stop yourself from having or doing something that you like or want to do very much: resist (doing something) I couldn’t resist buying these shoes. They made me an offer I can’t resist.resist the temptation/urge etc. to do something She resisted the temptation to laugh at him.hard/impossible to resist It’s pretty hard to resist Jacob’s smile.2[intransitive, transitive] to oppose or fight someone or something: Congress continues to resist the anti-weapons bill. He was charged with resisting arrest (=fighting against the police who were trying to take him to the police station).3[transitive] to try to prevent change or prevent yourself being forced to do something: The university resisted pressure to close its art department.4[transitive] to not be changed or harmed by something: The virus is able to resist most antibiotics. [Origin: 1300–1400 Latin resistere, from sistere to stop]—resistable adjective |