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# resistant

«resistant» in Mova's school dictionary: **not harmed or affected by something: water-resistant…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (resistant, more resistant, most resistant)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Resistant means not harmed or affected by something: water-resistant, heat-resistant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistant/#m1)

2) Resistant means against an idea or change and trying to stop it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistant/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Science (materials): some materials are water-resistant, fire-resistant or scratch-resistant; children test which fabric is most water-resistant. Health: some germs become resistant to medicine (antibiotic resistance). Everyday life: a water-resistant watch. Phrases: resistant to, water-resistant, heat-resistant, resistant to change.

### examples

- This coat is water-resistant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistant/#x1)
- Glass for ovens is heat-resistant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistant/#x2)
- Some plants are resistant to frost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistant/#x3)
- The town was resistant to the new road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistant/#x4)
- We tested which material was most water-resistant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistant/#x5)
- Some bacteria are resistant to antibiotics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistant/#x6)

### note

Spelled -ant, not -ent. Usually «resistant to something». Trap: «water-resistant» is not «waterproof»: it keeps out a little water, not all of it — don't swim with a watch that is only water-resistant.

### In the corpora

- [Bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics if the medicines are overused, which is why doctors do not give them for colds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/257-the-microscopic-world-bacteria-good-and-bad/7/)
- [Medicines are kept out of reach and sight of small children; child-resistant lids are not child-proof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/17-how-medicines-work/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «resistant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/resistant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.