abide
pronunciation
How to pronounce abide in British English:
UK [əˈbaɪd]
How to pronounce abide in American English:
US [əˈbaɪd]
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- Verb:
- dwell
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Word Origin
- abide
- abide: see bide
- abide (v.)
- Old English abidan, gebidan "remain, wait, delay, remain behind," from ge- completive prefix (denoting onward motion; see a- (1)) + bidan "bide, remain, wait, dwell" (see bide). Originally intransitive (with genitive of the object: we abidon his "we waited for him"); transitive sense emerged in Middle English. Meaning "to put up with" (now usually negative) first recorded 1520s. Related: Abided; abiding. The historical conjugation is abide, abode, abidden, but the modern formation is now generally weak.
Example
- 1. Germany must agree to rules by which others can also abide .
- 2. Eg. he cannot abide to stay in one position for long .
- 3. In many countries one of the side effects of the second world war was to breed a generation that could not abide waste .
- 4. I urge north korea to abide fully by the resolutions of the u.n. security council and to refrain from further provocative actions .
- 5. " Not to abide in jesus ' love would mean that we stop believing that we are loved by jesus .