Robots can withstand dangerous conditions.
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Withstand
//wɪðˈstænd//
Synonyms for "withstand" (86 found)
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Closest matches (18)
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Related words (43)
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7 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- قَاوَمَ verb (to resist)
Armenian
2 entries- դիմանալ verb (to resist)
- տոկալ verb (to resist)
Bulgarian
3 entries- издържам verb (to resist)
- противостоя verb (to oppose)
- устоявам verb (to resist)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 反抗 verb (to resist)
- 抵抗 verb (to resist)
- 抵禦 /抵御 verb (to resist)
Dutch
1 entries- weerstaan verb (to resist)
Esperanto
1 entries- rezisti verb (to resist)
Finnish
2 entries- kestää verb (to resist)
- vastustaa verb (to oppose)
French
1 entries- résister verb (to resist)
Galician
1 entries- resistir verb (to resist)
German
1 entries- widerstehen verb (to resist)
Greek
1 entries- αντέχω verb (to resist)
Hungarian
1 entries- ellenáll verb (to resist)
Italian
2 entries- fronteggiare verb (to oppose)
- resistere verb (to resist)
Japanese
4 entries- 反抗する verb (to resist)
- 堪える verb (to resist)
- 抵抗する verb (to resist)
- 撃退する verb (to resist)
Khmer
1 entries- ទប់ទល់ verb (to resist)
Korean
2 entries- 맞서다 verb (to resist)
- 버티다 verb (to resist)
Lithuanian
2 entries- atlaikyti verb (to resist)
- atsilaikyti verb (to resist)
Māori
2 entries- whakawhena verb (to resist)
- ātete verb (to resist)
Old English
1 entries- wiþstandan verb (to resist)
Old Saxon
2 entries- widarstandan verb (to resist)
- witharstandan verb (to resist)
Polish
2 entries- wytrzymać verb (to resist)
- wytrzymywać verb (to resist)
Portuguese
1 entries- aguentar verb (to resist)
Russian
4 entries- вы́стоять verb (to resist)
- проти́виться verb (to resist)
- противостоя́ть verb (to resist)
- противостоя́ть verb (to oppose)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cum ri verb (to resist)
Spanish
1 entries- aguantar verb (to resist)
Thai
2 entries- ต่อต้าน verb (to resist)
- ต้านทาน verb (to resist)
Turkish
3 entries- direnmek verb (to resist)
- karşı koymak verb (to resist)
- karşı koymak verb (to oppose)
Ukrainian
1 entries- протистояти verb (to resist)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chống chọi verb (to resist)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Does this house withstand earthquakes?
Source: tatoeba (60135)
My house is designed so as to withstand an earthquake.
Source: tatoeba (250557)
Morality is mostly a matter of how much temptation you can withstand.
Source: tatoeba (847216)
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