(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Resistance to something such as a change or a new idea is a refusal to accept it.
The US wants big cuts in European agricultural export subsidies, but this is meeting ~.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N to n
2.
Resistance to an attack consists of fighting back against the people who have attacked you.
The troops are encountering stiff ~...
N-UNCOUNT
3.
The ~ 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 ~ to it.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N to n
4.
Wind or air ~ is a force which slows down a moving object or vehicle.
The design of the bicycle has managed to reduce the effects of wind ~ and drag.
N-UNCOUNT: usu supp N
5.
In electrical engineering or physics, ~ 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 ~.
N-VAR
6.
In a country which is occupied by the army of another country, or which has a very harsh and strict government, the ~ 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 ~.
N-SING: the N
7.
If you take the line of least ~ in a situation, you do what is easiest, even though you think that it may not be the right thing to do. In American English, you usually talk about the path of least ~.
They would rather take the line of least ~ than become involved in arguments.
PHRASE: PHR after v