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Verb [English]

IPA: /wɪðˈstænd/, /wɪθˈstænd/ Audio: en-us-withstand.ogg Forms: withstands [present, singular, third-person], withstanding [participle, present], withstood [participle, past], withstood [past]
Rhymes: -ænd Etymology: From Middle English withstanden, from Old English wiþstandan, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþistandan (“to withstand, resist”), equivalent to with- (“against”) + stand. Cognate with Old Frisian withstanda (“to resist”). Compare also Dutch weerstaan (“to withstand, repel”), German widerstehen (“to withstand, resist, defy”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|withstanden}} Middle English withstanden, {{inh|en|ang|wiþstandan}} Old English wiþstandan, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*wiþistandan|t=to withstand, resist}} Proto-West Germanic *wiþistandan (“to withstand, resist”), {{pre|en|with|stand|t1=against}} with- (“against”) + stand, {{cog|ofs|withstanda|t=to resist}} Old Frisian withstanda (“to resist”), {{cog|nl|weerstaan|t=to withstand, repel}} Dutch weerstaan (“to withstand, repel”), {{cog|de|widerstehen|t=to withstand, resist, defy}} German widerstehen (“to withstand, resist, defy”) Head templates: {{en-verb|withstands|withstanding|withstood}} withstand (third-person singular simple present withstands, present participle withstanding, simple past and past participle withstood)
  1. (transitive) To resist or endure (something) successfully. Tags: transitive Translations (to resist): قَاوَمَ (qāwama) (Arabic), դիմանալ (dimanal) (Armenian), տոկալ (tokal) (Armenian), издържам (izdǎržam) (Bulgarian), устоявам (ustojavam) (Bulgarian), 抵抗 (dǐkàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 反抗 (fǎnkàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 抵禦 (Chinese Mandarin), 抵御 (dǐyù) (Chinese Mandarin), weerstaan (Dutch), rezisti (Esperanto), kestää (Finnish), résister (French), resistir (Galician), widerstehen (German), αντέχω (antécho) (Greek), ellenáll (Hungarian), resistere (Italian), 抵抗する (teikō suru) (alt: ていこうする) (Japanese), 反抗する (hankō suru) (alt: はんこうする) (Japanese), 耐える (taeru) (alt: たえる) (Japanese), 堪える (taeru) (alt: たえる) (Japanese), 撃退する (gekitai suru) (alt: げきたいする) (Japanese), ទប់ទល់ (tuptŭəl) (Khmer), 맞서다 (matseoda) (Korean), 버티다 (beotida) (Korean), atlaikyti (Lithuanian), atsilaikyti (Lithuanian), whakawhena (Maori), ātete (Maori), wiþstandan (Old English), widarstandan (Old Saxon), witharstandan (Old Saxon), wytrzymywać [imperfective] (Polish), wytrzymać [perfective] (Polish), aguentar (Portuguese), сопротивля́ться (soprotivljátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), противостоя́ть (protivostojátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), проти́виться (protívitʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́стоять (výstojatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), cum ri (Scottish Gaelic), aguantar (Spanish), ต่อต้าน (dtɔ̀ɔ-dtâan) (Thai), ต้านทาน (dtâan-taan) (Thai), chống chọi (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-withstand-en-verb-TRShLREg Disambiguation of 'to resist': 72 28
  2. To oppose (something) forcefully. Translations (to oppose): противостоя (protivostoja) (Bulgarian), vastustaa (Finnish), fronteggiare (Italian), сопротивля́ться (soprotivljátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), противостоя́ть (protivostojátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), karşı koymak (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dielectric withstand test, withstander Related terms: notwithstanding, withstanding

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2014 October 26, Jeff Howell, “Is the Japanese knotweed threat exaggerated? Our troubleshooter calls for calm about Japanese knotweed in the garden – and moss on the roof [print version: Don't panic about an overhyped invasion, 25 October 2014, p. P13]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property):",
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          "word": "ទប់ទល់"
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          "word": "맞서다"
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          "sense": "to resist",
          "word": "aguentar"
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          "roman": "soprotivljátʹsja",
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          "roman": "protívitʹsja",
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          "sense": "to resist",
          "word": "cum ri"
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          "roman": "dtɔ̀ɔ-dtâan",
          "sense": "to resist",
          "word": "ต่อต้าน"
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        "To oppose (something) forcefully."
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          "word": "противостоя"
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      "word": "dielectric withstand test"
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          "ref": "2014 October 26, Jeff Howell, “Is the Japanese knotweed threat exaggerated? Our troubleshooter calls for calm about Japanese knotweed in the garden – and moss on the roof [print version: Don't panic about an overhyped invasion, 25 October 2014, p. P13]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property):",
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        "(transitive) To resist or endure (something) successfully."
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      "ipa": "/wɪθˈstænd/"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qāwama",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "قَاوَمَ"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "dimanal",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "դիմանալ"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tokal",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "տոկալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izdǎržam",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "издържам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ustojavam",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "устоявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǐkàng",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "抵抗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎnkàng",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "反抗"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "抵禦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǐyù",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "抵御"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "weerstaan"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "rezisti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "kestää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "résister"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "resistir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "widerstehen"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "antécho",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "αντέχω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "ellenáll"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "resistere"
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    {
      "alt": "ていこうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "teikō suru",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "抵抗する"
    },
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      "alt": "はんこうする",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "hankō suru",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "反抗する"
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      "alt": "たえる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "taeru",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "耐える"
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      "alt": "たえる",
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      "roman": "taeru",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "堪える"
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      "alt": "げきたいする",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "gekitai suru",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "撃退する"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tuptŭəl",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "ទប់ទល់"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "matseoda",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "맞서다"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "beotida",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "버티다"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "atlaikyti"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "atsilaikyti"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "whakawhena"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "ātete"
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "wiþstandan"
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      "code": "osx",
      "lang": "Old Saxon",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "widarstandan"
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      "code": "osx",
      "lang": "Old Saxon",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "witharstandan"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to resist",
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      "word": "wytrzymywać"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wytrzymać"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "aguentar"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soprotivljátʹsja",
      "sense": "to resist",
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      "word": "сопротивля́ться"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protivostojátʹ",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "противостоя́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protívitʹsja",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "проти́виться"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výstojatʹ",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "вы́стоять"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "cum ri"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "aguantar"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtɔ̀ɔ-dtâan",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "ต่อต้าน"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtâan-taan",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "ต้านทาน"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to resist",
      "word": "chống chọi"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "protivostoja",
      "sense": "to oppose",
      "word": "противостоя"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to oppose",
      "word": "vastustaa"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to oppose",
      "word": "fronteggiare"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soprotivljátʹsja",
      "sense": "to oppose",
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        "imperfective"
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      "word": "сопротивля́ться"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protivostojátʹ",
      "sense": "to oppose",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "противостоя́ть"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to oppose",
      "word": "karşı koymak"
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