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   abide

   /əˈbʌɪd/

   verb

   • 1. accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation): "I said I would abide by their decision"
   • 2. be unable to tolerate (someone or something): informal "if there is one thing I cannot abide it is a lack of discipline" Similar toleratebearstandput up withenduresufferacceptcope withlive withbrooksupporttakecountenancefacehandleinformal:stickswallowstomachhackwear
   • 3. (of a feeling or memory) continue without fading or being lost: "at least one memory will abide" Similar continueremainsurvivelastpersiststayhold onlive onOpposite fadedisappear
   • ▪ live; dwell: archaic "many unskilful Men do abide in our City of London"

   Word Origin Old Englishābīdan ‘wait’, from ā- ‘onwards’ + bīdan (see bide).

   Derivatives

   • 1. abidance noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   What does abide mean?

   • permanecer, tolerar… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! ABIDE definition: 1. If you can't abide someone or something, you dislike them very much: 2. to live or stay…. Learn more.

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   What does abiding mean in a sentence?

   • Related terms include abiding, meaning “continuing for a long time” or “not changing” (as in “an abiding friendship”), abidance (“continuance” or “the act or process of doing what you have been asked or ordered to do”), and abode (“the place where someone lives”). Did you know? The Use of Abide in Literature and Popular Culture

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   What does abide by international law mean?

   • The law has to abide by the wish of the people. Residents must abide by strict planning controls set up to protect these sensitive areas. Officials said that Britain would seek to make clear to the armed rebels that they must abide by international law. 7 meanings: 1. to tolerate; put up with 2. to accept or submit to; suffer 3.

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   What does it mean if you abide the rules?

   • If you abide by the rules, it means you live with them, and you will follow them. If you can't abide your sister's shrill violin playing, it means you can't live with it, you can't be in the house when she's practicing. You abide something you don't like, like your teacher's long stories about math.

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   If you can't abide with something, it means you can't stand it. If you can abide it, it means you can live with it. An old definition of abide is "to live" — think of abode , as in "dwelling."

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