English to English
noun
- the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
He encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens.
Despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead.
source: WordNet 3.0
- any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
source: WordNet 3.0
- a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
source: WordNet 3.0
- the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
The enemy offered little resistance.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
source: WordNet 3.0
- the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
These trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
source: WordNet 3.0
- the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
source: WordNet 3.0
- (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
source: WordNet 3.0
- an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
source: WordNet 3.0
- group action in opposition to those in power
source: WordNet 3.0
- The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [resístans] Paglaban; pagbabag; panananggalang; pananalag
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
