Results for "resist
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resist
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "resist", "results": [{"typeOf": ["oppose", "fight down", "fight back", "defend", "fight"], "antonyms": ["surrender"], "hasTypes": ["hold up", "hold", "outbrave", "remain firm", "withstand", "defy", "stand", "stand out", "stand up", "hold off"], "synonyms": ["hold out", "stand firm", "withstand"], "definition": "stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something", "derivation": ["resistance", "resistant", "resistive"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["react", "respond"], "synonyms": ["refuse", "reject"], "definition": "resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ", "derivation": ["resistant"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["fight", "oppose", "fight down", "defend", "fight back"], "examples": ["The trees resisted her"], "synonyms": ["fend", "stand"], "verbGroup": ["remain firm", "stand"], "definition": "withstand the force of something", "derivation": ["resistant"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["escape", "elude"], "hasTypes": ["beggar"], "synonyms": ["defy", "refuse"], "definition": "elude, especially in a baffling way", "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["contradict", "controvert", "oppose"], "hasTypes": ["renegade", "rebel", "arise", "march", "walk out", "strike", "rise up", "demonstrate", "rise"], "synonyms": ["dissent", "protest"], "definition": "express opposition through action or words", "derivation": ["resistive", "resistant"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}, {"typeOf": ["disobey"], "synonyms": ["balk", "baulk", "jib"], "definition": "refuse to comply", "derivation": ["resistance", "resistant", "resister", "resistive"], "partOfSpeech": "verb"}], "frequency": 4.2, "syllables": {"list": ["re", "sist"], "count": 2}, "pronunciation": {"all": "rɪ'zɪst"}}
resistance
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "resistance", "results": [{"partOf": ["electric circuit", "circuit", "electrical circuit"], "typeOf": ["electrical device"], "hasTypes": ["barretter", "voltage divider", "variable resistor", "potential divider", "ballast", "ballast resistor", "rheostat"], "synonyms": ["resistor"], "definition": "an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["revolutionary group"], "hasTypes": ["maquis"], "synonyms": ["underground"], "definition": "a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["action"], "examples": ["he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"], "hasTypes": ["anti-takeover defense", "lockout", "reaction"], "synonyms": ["opposition"], "definition": "the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["condition", "status"], "hasTypes": ["innate immunity", "immunogenicity", "acquired immunity", "natural immunity"], "synonyms": ["immunity"], "definition": "(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease", "derivation": ["resistant"], "inCategory": ["medicine", "medical specialty"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["electrical phenomenon"], "hasTypes": ["ohmage"], "synonyms": ["electric resistance", "electrical resistance", "impedance", "ohmic resistance", "resistivity"], "definition": "a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["mechanical phenomenon"], "hasTypes": ["rubbing", "friction", "retarding force", "acoustic impedance", "acoustic reactance", "acoustic resistance", "drag"], "definition": "any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["group action"], "hasTypes": ["insubordination", "confrontation", "contravention", "defiance", "dispute", "dissent", "objection", "obstructionism", "opposition", "protest", "rebellion", "rebelliousness", "sales resistance"], "definition": "group action in opposition to those in power", "derivation": ["resist", "resistant"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["involuntariness", "unwillingness"], "definition": "(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness", "derivation": ["resistant"], "inCategory": ["psychiatry", "psychopathology", "psychological medicine"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["capacity", "capability"], "examples": ["these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog"], "definition": "the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents", "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["deadness", "unresponsiveness"], "definition": "the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)", "derivation": ["resistant"], "inCategory": ["bacteria", "bacterium"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["action", "military action"], "examples": ["the enemy offered little resistance"], "definition": "the military action of resisting the enemy's advance", "derivation": ["resist"], "inCategory": ["war machine", "military machine", "armed forces", "armed services", "military"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 4.05, "syllables": {"list": ["re", "sist", "ance"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": {"all": "rɪ'zɪstəns"}}
resistant
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "resistant", "results": [{"synonyms": ["insubordinate", "resistive"], "similarTo": ["noncompliant", "defiant"], "definition": "disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority", "derivation": ["resistance", "resist"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"synonyms": ["immune"], "similarTo": ["insusceptible", "unsusceptible"], "definition": "relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)", "derivation": ["resistance", "resist"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"examples": ["the new hybrid is more resistant to drought"], "synonyms": ["tolerant"], "similarTo": ["tolerable"], "definition": "able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress", "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"examples": ["plastic highly resistant to steam and water"], "synonyms": ["repellent"], "similarTo": ["nonabsorbent", "nonabsorptive"], "definition": "incapable of absorbing or mixing with", "derivation": ["resist"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}, {"examples": ["resistant to the effects of heat", "resistant to persuasion"], "similarTo": ["imperviable", "impervious"], "definition": "impervious to being affected", "derivation": ["resistance"], "partOfSpeech": "adjective"}], "frequency": 3.27, "syllables": {"list": ["re", "sist", "ant"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": "rɪ'zɪstʌnt"}
resistivity
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "resistivity", "results": [{"typeOf": ["electrical phenomenon"], "hasTypes": ["ohmage"], "synonyms": ["electric resistance", "electrical resistance", "impedance", "ohmic resistance", "resistance"], "definition": "a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms", "derivation": ["resistive"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "syllables": {"list": ["re", "sis", "tiv", "i", "ty"], "count": 5}, "pronunciation": {"all": ",rizɪs'tɪvɪti"}}