Abide is an English word with synonyms like stay or brook. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Abide meaning
- To endure without yielding; to withstand.
- To bear patiently.
- To pay for; to stand the consequences of.
Synonyms of Abide
Using Abide
- The main meaning on this page is: To endure without yielding; to withstand. | To bear patiently. | To pay for; to stand the consequences of.
- Useful related words include: stay, brook, support, tolerate.
- In the example corpus, abide often appears in combinations such as: abide by, to abide, and abide.
Context around Abide
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Abide
- In this selection, "abide" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cannot, yourself, beings, documentation and disclosure stand out and add context to how "abide" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all beings abide in me and and cannot abide disclosure for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "abide" sits close to words such as becky, clara and confederation, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with abide
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And that's a moral misstep that Raylan can't abide. (11 words)
All beings abide in Me but I do not abide in them. (12 words)
Church policy explicitly demands Scientologists abide by all laws of the land. (12 words)
Basically, the way that that monster has captured the regulatory bodies that are supposed to make these rail companies abide by the law that are supposed to examine their practices and tell them when and if they are doing things that are dangerous. (43 words)
Besides the lack of platform fees, Blur does not force sellers to abide by royalty agreements, which creators who launch their works on OpenSea and a few smaller marketplaces can require on transactions in their artworks after the initial sale. (40 words)
A copy of the petition, which was made available to journalists, read in part, “We abide by the law as citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, upon our disarmament and acceptance to embrace the Presidential Amnesty Programme. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
The erotic mind is often politically incorrect, meaning it doesn’t abide by the rules of good citizenship that you yourself abide by in the rest of your life.
Trump cannot abide documentation for fear of disclosure, and cannot abide disclosure for fear of disparagement.
All beings abide in Me but I do not abide in them.
According to the former president, Nigeria has a systemic failure, where those who are putting up buildings don’t pay attention or abide by the building control regulations.
A copy of the petition, which was made available to journalists, read in part, “We abide by the law as citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, upon our disarmament and acceptance to embrace the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
And, from this singular portfolio approach, retirees are often asked to abide by a single number—a percentage of their portfolio that is statistically tested to (hopefully) preserve their assets throughout retirement.
And that's a moral misstep that Raylan can't abide.
Anyone who does not abide by these rules will be asked to leave the site.
Basically, the way that that monster has captured the regulatory bodies that are supposed to make these rail companies abide by the law that are supposed to examine their practices and tell them when and if they are doing things that are dangerous.
Being a girl, subject to so many rules about how to look and how to fit in that I couldn’t possibly abide by, only made things worse.
Besides the lack of platform fees, Blur does not force sellers to abide by royalty agreements, which creators who launch their works on OpenSea and a few smaller marketplaces can require on transactions in their artworks after the initial sale.
Biden allegedly threatened Zhao, a Chinese businessman, if he did not abide by his “direction” in the message, and claimed he was sitting next to his father.
Church policy explicitly demands Scientologists abide by all laws of the land.
Cloud companies that can abide by those laws while still providing high returns will have massive upside potential going forward.
Comelec Chair George Garcia on Wednesday announced that the en banc would immediately abide by House Resolution No. 154 as the poll body was bound by the decisions made by the lower chamber.
Cryptocurrency trading can be illegal or heavily regulated in certain jurisdictions and users should always abide by their local laws when conducting any trades online.
Det Ch Supt Nicola Bryar, of the force's Professional Standards Directorate, said: "Both the police and public quite rightly expect our officers and staff to abide by the law.
Developers have a right to do business, as long as they abide by the laws and guidelines.
Everyone should respect and abide by the laws of the region,” the PSP concluded.
Failing to abide by the guidelines could see you slapped with an on-the-spot fine of £90.
Common combinations with abide
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- abide by 182×
- to abide 92×
- and abide 18×
- not abide 10×
- must abide 10×
- would abide 9×
- will abide 7×
- abide in 5×
- abide with 4×
- longer abide 4×