Withstand
/wɪðˈstænd/ verb
verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To resist or endure (something) successfully. transitive
"Tests showed that a tin ceiling could withstand a temperature of 1,369° for an hour and 10 minutes, whereas plaster collapsed in 12 minutes."
- 2 stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something wordnet
- 3 To oppose (something) forcefully.
- 4 resist or confront with resistance wordnet
Example
More examples"Robots can withstand dangerous conditions."
Etymology
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”).