withstand

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (transitive) To resist or endure (something) successfully.
  2. To oppose (something) forcefully.

Conceptos

Frecuencia

C2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/wɪðˈstænd/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

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”).

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