Withstand

Definition: Withstand

Withstand

Verb

1. Resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held".

2. Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "withstand" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Withstand \With*stand"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Withstood; present participle verb or noun Withstanding.]. (references)

Synonyms: Withstand

Counteraction

Verb: counteract; run counter, clash, cross; interfere with, conflict with; contravene; jostle; go against, run against, beat against, militate against; stultify; antagonize, block, oppose; traverse; withstand; (resist); hinder; repress; (restrain); react; (recoil).

Opposition

Verb: oppose, counteract, run counter to; withstand; (resist); control; (restrain); hinder; antagonize, oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of; set against, pit against; face, confront, cope with; make a stand, make a dead set against; set oneself against, set one's face against; protest against, vote against, raise one;s voice against; disfavor, turn one's back upon; set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one's face.

Resistance

Verb: resist; not submit; repugn, reluct, reluctate, withstand; stand up against, strive against, bear up under, bear up against, be proof against, make head against; stand, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand the brunt of, stand out; hold one's grounds, hold one's own, hold out, hold firm.

Crosswords: Withstand

Haha! No fish can withstand the might of my powerful spear gun, so capably wielded (Sealab 2021; writing credit: John J. Miller; Adam Reed)

We don't know how much longer we can withstand the nothing (Unendliche Geschichte, Die; writing credit: Michael Ende; Wolfgang Petersen)

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Books

• Building Strong Families: How Your Family Can Withstand the Challenges of Today's Culture (reference)

• Design of Buildings to Withstand Abnormal Loading (reference)

• Designing to withstand tornadoes (reference)

• IEEE Guide on Electrostatic Discharge (Esd): Esd Withstand Capability Evaluation Methods (For Electronic Equipment Subassemblies) (IEEE Std C62.38-19 (reference)

• Withstand the storm : war memoirs of a housewife (reference)

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Undersea habitat assembly, cylinders and spheres withstand pressure. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

It's the same man. Obtaining complete relaxation and mental refreshment -- in order to withstand ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Lost heat is lost power, lost time and lost money. Furnaces for remelting and refining high quality steels and alloys are lined with refractory bricks such as these, made to withstand and to "reflect" terrific heat. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

In general, hypnosis is used to control physical function or response, that is, the amount of pain an individual can withstand. (references)

For example, the baby may be too large (macrosomic) to deliver vaginally, or the baby may be in distress and unable to withstand vaginal delivery. (references)

The objective monitoring of a patient's drug and alcohol use during treatment, such as through urinalysis or other tests, can help the patient withstand urges to use drugs. (references)

Economic History

Philippines

In the Philippines, franchising has proven to be a crisis-proof industry that can withstand the onslaught of financial and economic disasters. (references)

Guyana

The sea defenses in Guyana are being repaired and constructed to prevent further flooding, and to prepare the sea defenses to withstand future shocks. (references)

Japan

However, parliamentary government was not rooted deeply enough to withstand the economic and political pressures of the 1930s, during which military leaders became increasingly influential. (references)

Political Economy

Georgia

Georgia is an important player in the region, but its internal weakness means that unless corrections are made soon, hopes for a democratic and sovereign Georgia, able to withstand Russian pressure, could be at risk. (references)

Trade

Sri Lanka

Goods shipped to Sri Lanka should be well-packed in order to withstand heat, humidity, rough handling and pilferage. (references)

Bangladesh

Pesticide containers must be able to withstand "handling by sea," indicate the chemical contents, and meet other specifications. (references)

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Expressions using "withstand": conventional impulse withstand voltage ♦ dielectric withstand voltage ♦ limiting continuous thermal withstand value ♦ peak withstand current ♦ power frequency withstand voltage ♦ short time withstand current ♦ statistical impulse withstand voltage ♦ surge withstand capability ♦ withstand the cold ♦ withstand voltage. Additional references.

Albanian

rezistoj (dispute, endure, fend, hold out, rebel, rebuff, resist, tolerate), përballoj (beard, breast, confront, cope, cope with, cover, envisage, face, front, outride, outstay, reckon with, stick out, stick to, wear), duroj (bear, bide, Brook, digest, do with, endure, hack, put up with, stick out, tolerate, wear). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قاوم (combat, counter, fight, hold, hold one's own, hold out, oppose, protest against, resist, set one's face against, stand, struggle), ‏صمد (bear up, endure, hold, hold at bay, hold one's ground, hold one's own, hold out, hold out against, keep, last out, outlive, resist, stand one's ground, stand the strain, stick it out). (various references)

Bulgarian 

издържам (endure, fend for, hold, hold on, hold out, keep, last, maintain, pass, receive, stand, subsist, support, sustain, take, wear out). (various references)

Chinese 

當 (adequate, at or in the very same..., during, equal, fitting, just at, manage, match equally, obstruct, on the spot, ought, proper, replace, represent, right, same, should, suitable, to act as, to be, to pawn, when), 承受 (sustain, sustained, Sustaining, Withstanding, Withstood), 對抗 . (various references)

Czech

vydržet (bear, endure, hold on, hold out, last, spin out, stand, stay, stick it out, stomach, sustain, take, tolerate, undergo), odporovat (antagonize, contradict, contravene, gainsay, go against, oppose, protest, resist), odolat (overcome, resist, stand up). (various references)

Danish

konventionel impulsholdespænding (conventional impulse withstand voltage), at sikre spraenghullets fordaemning, hvorved det kan modstaa virkningen fra spraengningen (to seal the infusion borehole well enough to withstand the effects of shotfiring), at udholde (to resist, to withstand), dielektrisk holdespænding (dielectric withstand voltage, dielectric withstanding voltage), driftsfrekvent holdespænding (power frequency withstand voltage), dynamisk korttidsstrøm (peak withstand current), græsning mulig (old enough to withstand grazing), holdbarhed til græsning (ability to withstand grazing), at modstå (to resist, to withstand), konstrueret til at modstaa en hypotetisk hvirvelvind (designed to withstand a hypothetical tornado), termisk korttidsstrøm (short time withstand current), slidlag af tjaerebeton og asfalttjaerebeton er ved tilstraekkelig lagtykkelse paa unaaklagelig baeredygtig og frostsikker underbygning modstandsdygtig over for svaere belastninger (can withstand heavy loads, dense tar/tar-concrete/ and bitumen-tar asphaltic surfacings, if laid thick enough on a load-bearing and frost-resistant sub-base and subgrade), statistik impulsholdespænding (statistical impulse withstand voltage), strømstødsmodstand (surge resistance, surge withstand capability), surge modstand (surge resistance, surge withstand capability), surgemodstandsdygtig (surge resistance, surge withstand capability), termisk grænseværdi for en kortvarig aktiveringsstørrelse (limiting short-time thermal withstand value), termisk graensevaerdi for en kontinuerlig aktiveringsstoerrelse (limiting continuous thermal withstand value), holdespænding (maintaining voltage, withstand voltage, withstanding voltage). (various references)

Dutch

standhouden (confront, continue, endure, keep on, last, stand up to), bezwaar hebben tegen (confront, stand up to). (various references)

Esperanto

rezisti (resist), kontraŭstari (confront, stand up to). (various references)

Faeroese

standa ímóti (resist), seta seg uppímóti (resist). (various references)

Farsi 

مقاومت کردن با, مخالفت کردن (Blackball, Controvert, Object, Oppose), تحمل کردن (Bear, Bide, Comport, Endure, Experience, Stomach, Suffer, Support, Sustain, Tolerate, Undergo), تاب اوردن (Abide, Bear), ایستادگی کردن دربرابر, استقامت ورزیدن . (various references)

Finnish

kestää (bear, continue, endure, keep on, last, stand, suffer, undergo, wear). (various references)

French

soutenir, résister � , résister (to withstand), affronter. (various references)

German

widerstehen (defy, resist, to resist, to withstand), aushalten (abide, bear, born, borne, carry out, endure, hold on, hold out, perseverance, persevere, persist, put up with, sit trough, stand, suffer, survive, sustain, take, to endure, to hold out, to sustain). (various references)

Greek 

αντέχω (abide, bear, bear up, endure, hold out, resist, stand, stay, wear), αντικρούω (confute, contravene, controvert, counter to, impugn, oppose, oppugn, rebuff, rebut, refute, rejoin, stem, thwart, traverse), ανθίσταμαι (oppose, resist). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעמו�" בלחץ (stand the strain), לעמו�" ב- (endure, live through, resist, stand up to). (various references)

Hungarian

ellenszegül (contravene, counteract, resist, to antagonize, to bristle up, to buck, to buck against, to contravene, to defy, to take the bit between one's teeth, to take the bit in one's teeth), ellenálló (confront, repellent, resistant, resister, stand up to, stubborn, tenacious), ellenáll valakinek. (various references)

Indonesian

menahan (bate, bridle, curb, detain, endure, keep back, retain, weather, withhold), bertahan (coherent). (various references)

Italian

opporsi a (be opposed, confront, counter, oppose, stand up to), far fronte a (confront, face, stand up to). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

� �える (to be equal, to be fit for, to brave, to endure, to resist, to support, to weather, to withstand). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たえる (to be equal to, to be fit for, to bear, to become extinct, to brave, to die out, to endure, to peter out, to put up with, to resist, to stand, to support, to withstand), �"たえる (to answer, to be equal to, to be fit for, to bear, to brave, to endure, to put up with, to reply, to resist, to respond, to reward, to stand, to strike home, to support, to take its toll, to withstand), �"らえる (to be equal to, to be fit for, to bear, to brave, to endure, to put up with, to resist, to stand, to support, to withstand), じゅうあつにたえる (to withstand pressures). (various references)

Korean 

반항 (reluctance). (various references)

Manx

shassoo noi (confrontation, object, objection, resist, resistance). (various references)

Papiamen

risistí (resist), resistí (resist). (various references)

Pig Latin

ithstandway.(various references)

Polish

przeciwstawiać się (confront, stand up to). (various references)

Portuguese

resistir a (hold back, oppose, outlive, resist), resistir (antagonize, bear up, buck, confront, defy, hold out, resist, stand up to), opor-se a (antagonize, breast, dislike, frustrate, gainsay, oppose, thwart), agüentar (abide, bear, bear up, bear with, carry out, endure, put up with, stand, stand up to, suffer, support, sustain, tolerate, upbear). (various references)

Romanian

se împotrivi (object, recalcitrate, repel), rezista (bear, come through, fend, hold, hold fast, hold out, hold up, keep, live, resist, stand, stand against, stay, stem, strive). (various references)

Russian 

противостоять (front, match, resist, withstood). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

izdržati (bear up, face it out, hold out, resist, stand, stick it out, weather). (various references)

Spanish

resistir (bear, bear up, bear up against, discourage, endure, fight, hang on, hang out, hold, hold on, hold out, last, last out, oppose, react, resist, stay, stick), oponerse (antagonize, confront, counter, demur, go against, object, oppose, resist, stand up to, take exception to). (various references)

Swedish

motstå (resist). (various references)

Turkish

karşı koymak (bear against, confront, contest, counter, counteract, counterwork, demur, dispute, face, face up to, fend, fight back, offer resistance, oppugn, refuse, resist, set against, stand, stand out, stand out against, stand up to, stick up to), direnmek (fight back, hold out, hold up, jib, jib at doing, make a stand for, offer resistance, persevere, refuse, resist, stand, stand out, stand out against, stick up to), dayanmak (abut, be based on, be predicated on, bear up, bear up against, bear with, Brook, consist, endure, found, go on, ground, hang, hang on, hinge on, hold, hold on, hold one's own, hold out, hold up, last, lean, lean upon, offer resistance, osculate, put up with, rely on, rely upon, repose, repose on, resist, rest, rest against, root in, stand, stand on, stand the racket, stand up, stand upon, stay, stick, stick it, stick out, survive, sweat out, take, take it, thole, tolerate, trace, wear). (various references)

Turkmen 

зydamak (endure, suffer). (various references)

Ukrainian

вистояти (outstand, outstay), витримати (endure, face out, get through, outstand, outstay), протистояти (confront, countervail, oppose, resist). (various references)

Welsh

gwrthsefyll (resist). (various references)

adversabantur, adversabuntur, adversantes, adversantur, adversarer, adversaretur, adversari, adversaris, adversatur, adverseris, obsistas, obsistente, resistat, resistebant, resistebat, resistendum, resistent, resistente, resistentem, resistentes, resistenti, resistentibus, resistere, resisteret, resistet, resistis, resistit, resistite, resistitis, resisto, resistunt, restiterat, restiterit, restiterunt, restitistis, restitit. (various references)

forstandan, ongeanstandan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "withstand": withstanding, withstands. (additional references)

Words containing "withstand": notwithstanding. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Withstand" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Whitsand. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: distant, whatsit.

-3 letters: danish, diwans, sandhi, shanti, taints, tanist, titans, twains, widths.

-4 letters: adits, antis, dashi, dawns, dawts, dints, ditas, diwan, hadst, hands, hants, hinds, hints, saint, saith, satin, shawn, snath, staid, stain, stand, stint, swain, swath, swith, tains, taint, thaws, thins, tints, titan, tsadi, twain, twins, twist, twits, wadis, wains, waist, waits.

+1 letter: withstands.

+3 letters: withstanding.