"resistant" meaning in English

See resistant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /rɪˈzɪstənt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-resistant.wav [UK] Forms: resistant [positive], more resistant [comparative], most resistant [superlative]
Etymology: resist + -ant Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|resist|ant}} resist + -ant Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Something that is resistant to something else is against it or resists it.
    Sense id: simple-resistant-en-adj-YPlDt0MH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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