meet with resistance

  • 1meet with — phr verb Meet with is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accident, ↑acclaim, ↑adversity, ↑approval, ↑criticism, ↑hostility, ↑kindness, ↑official, ↑opposition, ↑reaction, ↑realtor, ↑rebuff, ↑ …

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  • 2meet with opposition — encounter resistance …

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  • 3meet — meet1 [ mit ] (past tense and past participle met [ met ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 come together with someone ▸ 2 play against opponent ▸ 3 experience result ▸ 4 when roads etc. connect ▸ 5 pay money owed ▸ 6 do something necessary ▸ 7 look into someone s… …

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  • 4resistance — noun 1 trying to stop sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great, massive, stiff, strong, substantial ▪ determined, fierce, heroic …

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  • 5meet — I UK [miːt] / US [mɪt] verb Word forms meet : present tense I/you/we/they meet he/she/it meets present participle meeting past tense met UK [met] / US past participle met *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to come together in order to talk to… …

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  • 6meet — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun (esp. AmE) ADJECTIVE ▪ gymnastics, race, swim, track ▪ hunt (BrE) ▪ championship ▪ big …

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  • 7meet head on — Synonyms and related words: affront, alight upon, antagonize, be antipathetic, be inimical, beard, beat against, bell the cat, bite the bullet, brave, brazen, brazen out, bump heads, bump into, challenge, clash, collide, come across, come among,… …

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  • 8resistance — A level above which prices have had difficulty penetrating. Chicago Board of Trade glossary A horizontal price range where price hovers due to selling pressure before attempting a downward move. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary An effective… …

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  • 9resistance — re|sis|tance [ rı zıstəns ] noun *** ▸ 1 not being affected ▸ 2 refusal of something new ▸ 3 opposition to someone/something ▸ 4 force slowing something moving ▸ 5 stopping electric flow ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) singular or uncount resistance to the… …

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  • 10resistance */*/*/ — UK [rɪˈzɪst(ə)ns] / US [rɪˈzɪstəns] noun 1) a) [singular/uncountable] the ability not to be affected or harmed by something, especially a disease or a drug resistance to: Vitamin C helps build resistance to infection. Tumour cells can develop a… …

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