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Synonyms for abide
əˈbaɪdabide
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
abide
To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide,"
Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.Synonyms:
anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watchAntonyms:
abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shunPreposition:
Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.
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Princeton's WordNet
bide, abide, stayverb
dwell
"You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
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put up, stay, bide, stick, stand, suffer, brook, delay, support, ride out, persist, stomach, digest, tolerate, quell, rest, appease, stick out, remain, stick around, endure, stay on, stay put, last out, outride, bear, continue, detaindigest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put upverb
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
"I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
Synonyms:
bide, project, ache, hold out, run, endure, affirm, underpin, carry, stand up, assume, have, hold, last, sustain, confirm, fend, stay, weather, take over, go, jut, endorse, jut out, turn out, digest, deport, prevail, comport, set up, behave, die hard, pay, jump out, remain firm, offer, tolerate, deliver, indorse, hurt, condense, raise, fend for, back up, stomach, birth, patronage, stand out, live, contribute, stick out, meet, brook, expect, patronize, suffer, concentrate, protrude, acquit, substantiate, brave out, survive, domiciliate, get, put forward, stand, can, post, plunk for, persist, live on, have a bun in the oven, give birth, back, jump, allow, rear, lose, place upright, wear, house, contain, leap out, bear, patronise, subscribe, hold up, corroborate, provide, erect, defend, brave, put up, tin, keep going, accept, bear out, support, resist, plump for, nominate, yield, gestate, permit, conduct
Dictionary of English Synonymes
abideverb
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stay, sojourn, tarry, lodge, rest, keep, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tentabideverb
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dwell, reside, live, inhabit, settle, plant one's self, get a footing, get a footholdabideverb
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remain, continue, persist, persevere, SUBSIST, go on, keep on, be steadfast, be constantabideverb
abideverb
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await, attend, wait for, be in readiness for, be in store forabideverb
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endure, tolerate, bear, brook, suffer, bear with, put up with
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How to use abide in a sentence?
College presidents shouldn’t be tweeting out political partisan gestures, it’s not their place, because then what it does is it sets up a system of fear, just like in Red China: If you do not abide by the party line, there will be retribution.
The Syrian government and the Assad regime should, at a minimum, agree to abide by the agreements they made not to use chemical weapons.
If you come to my bar and you’re sixty-four years old and don’t have a valid ID I’m not going to give you a drink. I’m sorry, it’s just the law. We are brand new so have to abide the law.
The investment contract between the company and the Nuevo Leon state government was done through a legitimate procedure, and we expect the state government to respect the contract and faithfully abide by it.
Is yours an honest lament?...Most are not, you know. Most self-imposed burdens are founded on misperceptions. We - at least we of sincere character - always judge ourselves by stricter standards than we expect others to abide by. It is a curse, I suppose, or a blessing, depending on how one views it... Take it as a blessing, my friend, an inner calling that forces you to strive to unattainable heights.
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- يبقى, الالتزامArabic
- толерирам, чакам, очаквам, търпя, пребивавам, оставамBulgarian
- ausstehen, aushalten, weilen, harrenGerman
- quedar, soportar, tolerar, aguardar, demorar, habitar, permanecer, esperarSpanish
- پایبند بودنPersian
- tolérer, demeurer, supporterFrench
- रहनाHindi
- vivere, dimorare, tollerare, abitare, attendere, risiedere, aspettare, sopportareItalian
- 준수Korean
- possideoLatin
- tinggal dalam, dudukMalay
- verblijven, verdragen, afwachten, wonen, ondergaan, doorstaan, uithouden, tolereren, toelatenDutch
- forbli, avvente, tolerere, holde utNorwegian
- morar, habitar, persistir, esperar, aguentar, viver, residir, aguardar, suportar, tolerarPortuguese
- прожива́ть, соблюдать, выноси́ть, обита́ть, терпе́ть, ждать, жить, пребыва́ть, остава́ться, ожида́тьRussian
- strpieť, vytrvaťSlovak
- தங்கியிருப்பார்கள்Tamil
- อยู่Thai
- oturmak, ikamet etmek, uymakTurkish
- дотримуватисяUkrainian
- رہوUrdu
- 遵守Chinese
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