{
    "term": "resistance",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "dislike of or opposition to a plan, an idea, etc.; the act of refusing to obey",
            "sensetop": "resistance to somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "As with all new ideas it met with resistance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been a lot of resistance to this new law.",
                    "contextForm": "resistance to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Resistance to change has nearly destroyed the industry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was fierce resistance to the new laws."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They mounted stiff resistance to the proposal."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "great", "massive"],
                "verb + resistance": ["mount", "offer", "put up"],
                "resistance + verb": ["stiffen", "collapse", "crumble"],
                "resistance + noun": ["movement", "fighter", "forces"],
                "preposition": [
                    "without resistance",
                    "resistance against",
                    "resistance to"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "the line of least resistance",
                    "the path of least resistance",
                    "a pocket of resistance"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of using force to oppose somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "resistance to somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There were a number of episodes of armed resistance during the early years of occupation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The defenders **put up a strong resistance**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The demonstrators **offered** little or no **resistance** to the police.",
                    "contextForm": "resistance to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "armed resistance against the Nazis"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The attacks did not take place without resistance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The advancing army met with little resistance."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "great", "massive"],
                "verb + resistance": ["mount", "offer", "put up"],
                "resistance + verb": ["stiffen", "collapse", "crumble"],
                "resistance + noun": ["movement", "fighter", "forces"],
                "preposition": [
                    "without resistance",
                    "resistance against",
                    "resistance to"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "the line of least resistance",
                    "the path of least resistance",
                    "a pocket of resistance"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the power not to be affected by something",
            "sensetop": "resistance (to something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "AIDS lowers the body's resistance to infection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many viruses develop resistance to drugs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These varieties produce a lot of fruit and have excellent disease resistance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need to build up your resistance to colds."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health and Fitness"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "increased", "low"],
                "verb + resistance": ["have", "build up", "develop"],
                "preposition": ["resistance to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a force that stops something moving or makes it move more slowly",
            "sensetop": "resistance (to something)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**wind/air resistance** *(= in the design of planes or cars)*"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "the opposition of a substance or device to the flow of an electrical current",
            "labels": "(physics)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a secret organization that resists the authorities, especially in a country that an enemy has control of",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "resistance fighters"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Resistance was/were not going to surrender."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "(to choose, etc.) the easiest way of doing something",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzɪstəns/",
                "audio": "re/resistance/resistance__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzɪstəns/",
                "audio": "re/resistance/resistance__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French résistance, from late Latin resistentia, from the verb resistere ‘hold back’, from re- (expressing opposition) + sistere ‘stop’ (reduplication of stare ‘to stand’)."
}