abide

Meanings

• verb

  1. To continue in existence, occur, or be done; persist.

  - "The tree will abide for hundreds of years."
  - "Let us abide by the rules of the game."

• verb

  2. To remain in a place, position, or state.

  - "I will abide at home while you go out."
  - "The painting will abide in the museum."

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Pronunciation

1. /əˈbaɪd/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

brook , put up with , hold on , resist , dwell , live , await , wait for , hold on , stay

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with abide
abide , hide , tide , ride , reside , confide , decide , subside , abide by , abide with

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. abide (Scottish) : a type of boat
   

2. abide (Legal) : a formal agreement to submit a dispute to arbitration
   

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Variants

List of all variants of abide that leads to same result
abide , abide by , abided , abided by , abider , abiders , abides , abides by , abiding , abiding by , abode , abode by

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Forms

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abided (past tense), abiding (present participle), abides (third person singular present), abode (noun)

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Etymology

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Old English abidan, meaning ‘to tarry, wait, stay, remain, abide’, from abidan ‘to wait, tarry, abide, remain’.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'abide' appears 21 times in the King James Version of the Bible.

2. The term 'abide with me' is the title of a popular hymn written by Henry Lyte.

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Related Concepts

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1. Patience: The ability to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.

2. Endurance: The power to withstand or bear up against hardship, adversity, or stress.

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Quotes

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1. A former party functionary, Yeltsin replaced Communist ideology with a supremely simplified vision of democracy, which boiled down to two tenets: He could not "abide" Communists, and he supported freedom of the press.

   - Masha Gessen,{it}New Republic{/it},5 June 2000

2. Now his anger had poisoned all relationships, no one could be put in the two empty beds in the room, and not even his long-suffering sister could "abide" him in her house.

   - Peter Pouncey,{it}Rules for Old Men Waiting{/it},2005

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Culture

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Abide has been used extensively in literature, particularly in poetic works, to convey the idea of staying put or remaining steadfast. One famous example is the line ‘I will abide thy lordship,’ from Shakespeare's Macbeth.

How to Memorize "abide"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a tree that continues to grow and thrive, representing the idea of abiding.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'abide' with the idea of staying put or remaining constant.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic phrase such as ‘Abide by rules, always be kind’ to help remember the definition.

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