withstand

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• /wɪθˈstænd/
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• CMU ARPABET: W IH0 TH S T AE1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English withstanden, from Old English wiþstandan, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþistandan (“to withstand, resist”), equivalent to with- (“against”) + stand. Cognate with Old Frisian withstanda (“to resist”). Compare also Dutch weerstaan (“to withstand, repel”), German widerstehen (“to withstand, resist, defy”), Russian противостоять (protivostojatʹ, “to withstand”).

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَاوَمَ (qāwama) — to resist
• Armenian: դիմանալ (dimanal) — to resist
• Armenian: տոկալ (tokal) — to resist
• Bulgarian: издържам (izdǎržam) — to resist
• Bulgarian: устоявам (ustojavam) — to resist
• Chinese Mandarin: 抵抗 (dǐkàng) — to resist
• Chinese Mandarin: 反抗 (fǎnkàng) — to resist
• Chinese Mandarin: 抵禦 /抵御 (dǐyù) — to resist
• Dutch: weerstaan — to resist
• Esperanto: rezisti — to resist
• Finnish: kestää — to resist
• French: résister — to resist
• Galician: resistir — to resist
• German: widerstehen — to resist
• Greek: αντέχω (antécho) — to resist
• Hungarian: ellenáll — to resist
• Italian: resistere — to resist
• Japanese: 抵抗する (teikō suru) — to resist
• Japanese: 反抗する (hankō suru) — to resist
• Japanese: 耐える (taeru) — to resist
• Japanese: 堪える (taeru) — to resist
• Japanese: 撃退する (gekitai suru) — to resist
• Khmer: ទប់ទល់ (tuptŭəl) — to resist
• Korean: 맞서다 (matseoda) — to resist
• Korean: 버티다 (beotida) — to resist
• Lithuanian: atlaikyti — to resist
• Lithuanian: atsilaikyti — to resist
• Māori: whakawhena — to resist
• Māori: ātete — to resist
• Old English: wiþstandan — to resist
• Old Saxon: widarstandan — to resist
• Old Saxon: witharstandan — to resist
• Polish: wytrzymywać — to resist
• Polish: wytrzymać — to resist
• Portuguese: aguentar — to resist
• Russian: сопротивля́ться (soprotivljátʹsja) — to resist
• Russian: противостоя́ть (protivostojátʹ) — to resist
• Russian: проти́виться (protívitʹsja) — to resist
• Russian: вы́стоять (výstojatʹ) — to resist
• Scottish Gaelic: cum ri — to resist
• Spanish: aguantar — to resist
• Thai: ต่อต้าน (dtɔ̀ɔ-dtâan) — to resist
• Thai: ต้านทาน (dtâan-taan) — to resist
• Turkish: direnmek — to resist
• Turkish: karşı koymak — to resist
• Ukrainian: протистояти — to resist
• Vietnamese: chống chọi — to resist
• Bulgarian: противостоя (protivostoja) — to oppose
• Finnish: vastustaa — to oppose
• Italian: fronteggiare — to oppose
• Russian: сопротивля́ться (soprotivljátʹsja) — to oppose
• Russian: противостоя́ть (protivostojátʹ) — to oppose
• Turkish: karşı koymak — to oppose