🇬🇧🇪🇸 resilient - resiliente : English Lesson
adjective
Meaning of "resilient" ("resiliente"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
Resilient means that when something bad or difficult happens, you don’t give up. You feel upset for a while, but then you calm down, try again, and keep going, like a rubber ball that bounces back up after it hits the ground.
The resilient sandwich survived being dropped, sat on, and sneezed on, and still looked ready for lunch.
The resilient snowman kept smiling even as his nose fell off, his hat blew away, and a dog stole his arm-stick.
Our resilient dog fails to catch the ball 37 times in a row but still runs after it like he’s a superhero on a mission.
The resilient library book survived sticky fingers, baby drool, and a trip through the washing machine and still said, “Please return on time.”
Octopuses are so resilient that if they lose an arm it can grow back.
After the storm, a small resilient green sapling lay bent in wet soil. The gardener knelt, steady hands gentle; the sapling felt resilient, tugging up toward light. Each morning the resilient stem fought wind and cold. Neighbors watched the resilient shoot return straighter. Years later the gardener smiled at the resilient tree that had never given up.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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