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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
resist
/ɹəˈzɪst/
verb1 of 2
to try to stop or prevent something
- “You should try to resist the urge to do that.”Tatoeba
- “Sometimes it's hard to resist the impulse to burst out laughing.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
A protective coating or covering.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)