THE LINE (OR PATH) OF LEAST RESISTANCE

Meaning of THE LINE (OR PATH) OF LEAST RESISTANCE in English

the line ( or path) of least resistance

the easiest course of action.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

RESISTANCE — I. rə̇ˈzistən(t)s, rēˈz- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French resistence resistance, from Late Latin resistentia, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PATH — I. ˈpa]th, ˈpaa(ə)], ˈpai], ˈpȧ] noun ( plural paths ]thz also ]ths) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pæth, path; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LINE — I. ˈlīn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English līn — more at linen 1. a. archaic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAST — I. ˈlēst adjective Etymology: Middle English leest, from Old English lǣst; akin to Old Frisian lērest least; superl. corresponding to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAST — (a.) Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least …
Английский словарь Webster
LEAST — ( a. ) Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PATH — /path, pahth/ , n. , pl. paths /padhz, pahdhz, paths, pahths/ . 1. a way beaten, formed, or trodden by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LINE — line 1 — linable, lineable , adj. — lineless , adj. — linelike , adj. /luyn/ , n. , v. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAST — /leest/ , adj., a superl. of little with less or lesser as compar. 1. smallest in size, amount, degree, etc.; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAST — I. ˈlēst adjective, superlative of (I) little Etymology: Middle English leest, from Old English lǣst, superlative of lǣssa less Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PATH — vi to walk or go. 2. path ·noun a trodden way; a footway. 3. path ·vt to make a path …
Webster English vocab
LINE
Webster English vocab
LEAST — conj ·see lest, ·conj 2. least ·adv in the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, …
Webster English vocab
LEAST — [least] adj, superlative of [1]little [ME leest, fr. OE laest, superl. of laessa less] (bef. 12c) 1: lowest in importance …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RESISTANCE
Britannica English vocabulary
RESISTANCE — / rɪˈzɪstəns; NAmE / noun 1. [ U , sing. ] resistance (to sb/sth) dislike of or opposition to a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PATH — / pɑːθ; NAmE pæθ/ (also path·way ) noun 1. a way or track that is built or is made by …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LINE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAST — / liːst; NAmE / determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ determiner , pronoun (usually the least ) smallest in size, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RESISTANCE — re ‧ sist ‧ ance S3 W3 /rɪˈzɪst ə ns/ BrE AmE noun 1 . AGAINST CHANGE [singular, uncountable] a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PATH — path S2 W2 /pɑːθ $ pæθ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural paths /pɑːðz $ pæðz/) [countable] [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LINE — I. line 1 S1 W1 /laɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Partly from Old French ligne , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEAST — I. least 1 S1 W1 /liːst/ BrE AmE determiner , pronoun 1 . at least a) not less than a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LINE — n. & v. --n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAST — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 smallest, slightest, most insignificant. 2 (prec. by the; esp. with neg.) any at all …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LINE — n. & v. n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAST — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 smallest, slightest, most insignificant. 2 (prec. by the; esp. with neg.) any at all …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
LINE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use …
Oxford English vocab
LEAST — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. smallest, slightest, most insignificant. 2 (prec. by the; esp. with neg.) any at all …
Oxford English vocab
RESISTANCE — ( resistances) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Resistance to something such …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PATH — ( paths) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A path is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LINE — ( lines, lining, lined) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A line …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAST — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Least' is often considered to be …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RESISTANCE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES encounter opposition/resistance ▪ The government has encountered strong opposition to its plans to raise income …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PATH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a career path (= a way of making a career ) ▪ There’s no fixed …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LINE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a boundary line ▪ There was some disagreement about the exact position of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEAST — I. determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES at least one occasion (= once, and probably more than once ) ▪ On …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RESISTANCE — [noun]Government troops offered no resistance (to the rebels). [U]When he was caught he put up a determined/stiff resistance. [C]There's a …
Cambridge English vocab
PATH — (TRACK) [noun] [C] - a route or track between one place and another, or the direction in which something is …
Cambridge English vocab
LEAST — [adverb] [not gradable], determiner, [pronoun] - less than anything or anyone else, the smallest amount or numberThis group is the …
Cambridge English vocab
RESISTANCE — Synonyms and related words : Charley, VC, Vietcong, acquired immunity, active immunity, alienation, antagonism, antibody, antigen, antipathy, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PATH — Synonyms and related words : air lane, air line, air route, airway, alameda, approach, artery, avenue, beat, beaten path, beaten …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEAST — See: AT LEAST, IN THE LEAST, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE.
Slang English vocab
PATH — INDEX: 1. in a town 2. outside a town 3. a wide road for travelling quickly 4. a path for …
Longman Activator English vocab
LINE — INDEX: 1. a line on paper 2. a line of colour 3. a line on the ground or on the …
Longman Activator English vocab
LEAST — See ↑ LEAST 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ last but not least • ↑ not in the least • ↑ the …
Longman Activator English vocab
LEAST — INDEX: 1. less than any other 2. the smallest amount or number of something 3. to be at the lowest …
Longman Activator English vocab
PATH — n. 25B6; noun a path down to the beach : FOOTPATH, pathway, footway, pavement, track, trail, trackway, bridleway, bridle path, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PATH — n. 1 footpath, pathway, tow-path, track, trail, walk, walkway, Brit footway A little kitten was sitting on the garden path …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LEAST — See: AT LEAST, IN THE LEAST, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE.
Словарь английских идиом
RESISTANCE — сущ. 1) а) прям и перен. сопротивление; отпор, противодействие to break down, crush, overcome, overpower, put down, smash, wear down …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PATH — сущ. 1) тропинка; тропа; дорожка to beat, blaze, clear, make a path ≈ протаптывать, отмечать, расчищать, прокладывать дорогу to clear …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OR — I союз или, иначе Make haste or else you will be late. ≈ Торопитесь, иначе вы опоздаете. or so ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LINE — I 1. сущ. 1) а) линия, черта; штрих to draw a line ≈ провести линию fine, thin line ≈ тонкая …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEAST — 1. прил.; превосх. от little малейший, минимальный, наименьший least way ≈ кратчайший путь least estimate ≈ самая скромная оценка least …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RESISTANCE — resistance.ogg rıʹzıstəns n 1. 1> сопротивление to offer resistance - противостоять, оказывать сопротивление resistance to authority - юр. сопротивление представителю …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PATH — path.ogg 1. pɑ:θ n 1. 1> тропинка, тропа; дорожка a garden path - садовая дорожка a path through the woods …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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