Word Frequency
abide (əˈbaɪd
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: abides, abiding, abode, abided
- tr to tolerate; put up with
- tr to accept or submit to; suffer ⇒
to abide the court's decision
- intr foll by by
- to comply (with) ⇒
to abide by the decision
- to remain faithful (to) ⇒
to abide by your promise
- to comply (with) ⇒
- intr to remain or continue
- intr (archaic) to dwell
- tr (archaic) to await in expectation
- tr (archaic) to withstand or sustain; endure ⇒
to abide the onslaught
Derived Forms
aˈbidance nounaˈbider noun
Word Origin
Old English ābīdan, from a- (intensive) + bīdan to wait, bideExample Sentences Including 'abode'
But what makes one company a great place to be in and another the abode of gloom?Business Today (2001)
Corrine Davidson, 50, of no fixed abode , was remanded in custody by Camberwell JPs yesterday, charged with abduction.Sun, News of the World (2001)
David Drummond Lambert, 30, of no fixed abode , has been charged with theft from the Time Centre on January 15.Times, Sunday Times (2005)
Hindus believe the temple cave is the abode of the god Shiva where his image appears annually in ice.Courier, Sunday Mail (2002)
It filled Redall Bay, all but inundating the low-lying islands which were the abode of so many birds.Midnight is a Lonely Place
Like many artists, she ran the two establishments concurrently for a while before finally moving to the Rue Babie as a permanent abode.The Gwen John Sculpture
Mithrandir was closest in friendship with the Eldar, and wandered mostly in the West, and never made for himself any lasting abode.THE LORD OF THE RINGS (2004)
The Final Court of Appeal last month granted right of abode to all mainland children of at least one Hong Kong permanent resident.Misc (1999)
Without it there would be no way of escaping from the prison of limited forms to the abode of the celestial essences.Ideals and Realities of Islam
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