noun · academic
resilience
UK/rɪˈzɪljəns/US/rɪˈzɪliəns/re·SIL·ience
the ability of a system, community, or organism to recover after disturbance
Examples
“Community resilience after the flood was remarkable; most residents rebuilt within months.”
“Maintaining biodiversity increases ecosystem resilience to pests and drought.”
“Policies should aim to improve both resilience and adaptation capacities.”
Band 8 sentence
“Ecosystem resilience depends on genetic diversity as well as on the scale and frequency of disturbances.”
Collocations
- resilience to climate change
- community resilience
- resilience building
Word family
Common mistakes
This plant is resilience to drought→This plant is resilient to drought
resistance to change→resilience to change (depends on context)
Say it for a higher band
5toughness→6robustness→7+resilience
Synonyms
robustness
Easily confused
resistance
“Many crops show resistance to pests, but resilience determines how quickly yields recover after an outbreak.”
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