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resisted

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ɹiˈzɪstɪd// UK //ɹɪsˈɪstɪd// re·sist·ed

v. to fight against something or refuse to accept it. You use this when you try to stop a change or when you don't give in to a strong feeling.

v. to withstand the force or effect of something; to refuse to comply with or submit to an external pressure. The past tense and past participle form of 'resist'.


SIMPLE

She resisted the urge to check her phone during the meeting.

CONTEXTUAL

The local community resisted the plan to build a new highway through the park for over a decade.

COMPLEX

While the initial proposal was met with enthusiasm, the board resisted the final implementation once the true costs of the infrastructure upgrades became apparent.

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The verb is transitive and takes a direct object.

Pitfall

They resisted to the new rules.They resisted the new rules.Resist is a transitive verb and does not take the preposition 'to' before its object.

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