4 VERB If someone or something resists damage of some kind, they are not damaged. □ [V n] …bodies trained and toughened to resist the cold.
re|sist|ance ◆◇◇ /r I z I stəns/ (resistances )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Resistance to something such as a change or a new idea is a refusal to accept it. □ The U.S. wants big cuts in European agricultural export subsidies, but this is meeting resistance. [Also + to ]
2 N‑UNCOUNT Resistance to an attack consists of fighting back against the people who have attacked you. □ The troops are encountering stiff resistance. [Also + to ]
3 N‑UNCOUNT The resistance of your body to germs or diseases is its power to remain unharmed or unaffected by them. □ [+ to ] This disease is surprisingly difficult to catch as most people have a natural resistance to it.
4 N‑UNCOUNT Wind or air resistance is a force which slows down a moving object or vehicle. □ The design of the bicycle has managed to reduce the effects of wind resistance and drag.
5 N‑VAR In electrical engineering or physics, resistance is the ability of a substance or an electrical circuit to stop the flow of an electrical current through it. □ …materials that lose all their electrical resistance.
6 N‑SING In a country which is occupied by the army of another country, or which has a very harsh and strict government, the resistance is an organized group of people who are involved in illegal activities against the people in power. □ They managed to escape after being arrested by the resistance.
7 PHRASE If you take the line of least resistance in a situation, you do what is easiest, even though you think that it may not be the right thing to do. In American English, you usually talk about the path of least resistance . □ They would rather take the line of least resistance than become involved in arguments. SYNONYMS resistance NOUN 1
hostility: There is hostility among traditionalists to this method of teaching history.
opposition: Much of the opposition to this plan has come from the media.
aversion: Many people have a natural and emotional aversion to insects.
re|sist|ant /r I z I stənt/
1 ADJ Someone who is resistant to something is opposed to it and wants to prevent it. □ [+ to ] Some people are very resistant to the idea of exercise.
2 ADJ If something is resistant to a particular thing, it is not harmed by it. □ [+ to ] …how to improve plants to make them more resistant to disease.
-resistant /-r I z I stənt/ COMB -resistant is added to nouns to form adjectives that describe something as not being harmed or affected by the thing mentioned. □ Children's suncare products are normally water-resistant.
re|sis|tor /r I z I stə r / (resistors ) N‑COUNT A resistor is a device which is designed to increase the ability of an electric circuit to stop the flow of an electric current through it. [TECHNICAL ]
re|sit (resits , resitting , resat ) The verb is pronounced /riː s I t/. The noun is pronounced /riː s I t/. VERB If someone resits a test or examination, they take it again, usually because they failed the first time. [BRIT ] □ [V n] This year, Jim is resitting the exams he failed. □ [V ] If they fail, they can often resit the next year. ● N‑COUNT Resit is also a noun. □ He failed his First Year exams and didn't bother about the resits. [in AM, use retake ]
re|skill /ri ːsk I l/ (reskills , reskilling , reskilled ) VERB If you reskill , or if someone reskills you, you learn new skills, so that you can do a different job or do your old job in a different way. [BUSINESS ] □ [V n] We needed to reskill our workforce to cope with massive technological change. □ [V ] You must be willing to reskill. ● re|skill|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ Everyone knows that lifelong learning and reskilling are important.
re|sold /riː soʊ ld/ Resold is the past tense and past participle of resell .
reso|lute /re zəluːt/ ADJ If you describe someone as resolute , you approve of them because they are very determined not to change their mind or not to give up a course of action. [FORMAL ] □ Voters perceive him as a decisive and resolute international leader. ● reso|lute|ly ADV [ADV with v, ADV adj] □ He resolutely refused to speak English unless forced to. □ The United States remains resolutely opposed to this.
reso|lu|tion ◆◆◇ /re zəluː ʃ ə n/ (resolutions )
1 N‑COUNT A resolution is a formal decision taken at a meeting by means of a vote. □ He replied that the U.N. had passed two major resolutions calling for a complete withdrawal.
2 N‑COUNT If you make a resolution , you decide to try very hard to do something. □ They made a resolution to lose all the weight gained during the Christmas period.
3 → see also New Year's resolution
4 N‑UNCOUNT Resolution is determination to do something or not do something. □ 'I think I'll try a hypnotist,' I said with sudden resolution.
5 N‑SING The resolution of a problem or difficulty is the final solving of it. [FORMAL ] □ [+ to/of ] …the successful resolution of a dispute.
6 N‑UNCOUNT The resolution of an image is how clear the image is. [TECHNICAL ] □ Now this machine gives us such high resolution that we can see very small specks of calcium. SYNONYMS resolution NOUN 1