resilience
Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /rɪˈzɪliəns/
resilience means: The ability to recover and keep going after difficult or upsetting experiences.
noun
The ability to recover and keep going after difficult or upsetting experiences.
- She showed great resilience after losing her job.
- Supportive friendships can help children build resilience.
- His resilience helped him recover from a difficult year.
The ability of a material to return to its original shape after being stretched, bent, or pressed.
- This rubber has excellent resilience.
- We tested the foam's resilience after repeated compression.
- The material loses its resilience as it ages.
Questions about resilience
What does resilience mean?
The ability to recover and keep going after difficult or upsetting experiences.
What is resilience in other languages?
Türkçe: psikolojik dayanıklılık · Español: resiliencia · Français: résilience · Deutsch: Resilienz · Italiano: resilienza · 日本語: 立ち直る力
How do you pronounce resilience?
It is pronounced /rɪˈzɪliəns/.
How do you use resilience in a sentence?
She showed great resilience after losing her job. Supportive friendships can help children build resilience.
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