withstand
English
Etymology
From Middle English withstanden, from Old English wiþstandan, equivalent to with- (“against”) + stand. Compare Dutch weerstaan (“to withstand, repel”), German widerstehen (“to withstand, resist, defy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɪðˈstænd/, /wɪθ-/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ænd
- Hyphenation: with‧stand
Verb
withstand (third-person singular simple present withstands, present participle withstanding, simple past and past participle withstood)
- (transitive) To resist or endure (something) successfully.
- 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 65:
- Tests showed that a tin ceiling could withstand a temperature of 1,369° for an hour and 10 minutes, whereas plaster collapsed in 12 minutes.
- 2014 October 26, Jeff Howell, “Is the Japanese knotweed threat exaggerated? Our troubleshooter calls for calm about Japanese knotweed in the garden – and moss on the roof [print version: Don't panic about an overhyped invasion, 25 October 2014, p. P13]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property):
- Some old, underfired clay pantiles might be damaged by button mosses rooting in cracks and fissures. But most post-war tiles are hard enough to withstand a bit of moss growth.
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- To oppose (something) forcefully.
Derived terms
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Translations
to resist
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to oppose
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