| query | The r_________ of your body to germs or diseases is its power to remain unharmed or unaffected by them.The resistance of your body to germs or diseases is its power to remain unharmed or unaffected by them. This disease is surprisingly difficult to catch as most people have a natural resistance to it. |
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| word | resistance |
| full-definition | noun 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. Resistance to an attack consists of fighting back against the people who have attacked you. The troops are encountering stiff resistance. Police in riot gear cleared the noisy demonstrators, who offered no resistance. The resistance of your body to germs or diseases is its power to remain unharmed or unaffected by them. This disease is surprisingly difficult to catch as most people have a natural resistance to it. 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. 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. 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. |
| inflections | resistances |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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