Abide
verb
To accept or tolerate something.
I can't abide her constant chatter
Often appears as...
- can't abide
- abide by
verb
To obey or follow a rule.
You must abide by the rules of the game
Often appears as...
- abide by the rules
- abide by the law
verb
To stay or live somewhere.
She abides in a cozy apartment in the city
Often appears as...
- abide in peace
- abide in love
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
verb
To accept or tolerate something.
I can't abide her constant chatter
Often appears as...
- can't abide
- abide by
verb
To obey or follow a rule.
You must abide by the rules of the game
Often appears as...
- abide by the rules
- abide by the law
verb
To stay or live somewhere.
She abides in a cozy apartment in the city
Often appears as...
- abide in peace
- abide in love
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Intensity
Shows strong dislike or impatience when you can't stand something anymore.
He couldn't abide the smell of onions cooking.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Carries emotional strength, often suggesting a personal limit has been reached.
I can't abide liars in my team.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Usage
'Can't abide' is more informal and intensely personal, not usually used in official contexts.
She can't abide being late to movies.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Intensity
Shows strong dislike or impatience when you can't stand something anymore.
He couldn't abide the smell of onions cooking.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Carries emotional strength, often suggesting a personal limit has been reached.
I can't abide liars in my team.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Usage
'Can't abide' is more informal and intensely personal, not usually used in official contexts.
She can't abide being late to movies.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Intensity
Shows strong dislike or impatience when you can't stand something anymore.
He couldn't abide the smell of onions cooking.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Carries emotional strength, often suggesting a personal limit has been reached.
I can't abide liars in my team.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Usage
'Can't abide' is more informal and intensely personal, not usually used in official contexts.
She can't abide being late to movies.
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Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
means sanctuary and supposedly there are almost these parallel universe that abide in certain places that if one's reached a level of self-actualization one can slip inside of them but without achieving that level would never even know that they exist so this is really the etymology of the
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Carne Ross: An...
and sure enough, I failed. I couldn't see all the blinking different lights, and I can't distinguish color. So I had to choose another career, and this was in fact relatively easy for me, because I had an abiding passion all the way through my childhood, which was international relations.
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How nationalism and...
You know, when you live in a democracy, you live with this idea that your government will always protect you, as long as you abide by the laws. With the rise of national populism, despite being the best citizen I can, I now have to live with the idea that my government can hurt me
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Lifesaving Medicines...
just for I can relax myself although I think I will be also allergic to their to the abide of the non-venomous snakes because the saliva and the venom it's is there is an overlap okay and lots of questions does venom help cure cancer you've
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The Chinese legend of...
Shanbo knew he couldn’t stand being separated from Yingtai again and asked her to marry him. But, heartbroken, Yingtai told him that she was already promised to another. Shanbo was devastated, but he understood that Yingtai had to abide
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Let’s put compassion...
unconditional partner in learning a caring and abiding presence in the life of a child who commits to show that child love first and then to teach them to love learning the joy inherent in the process of learning I think about
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Michael Sandel: Why we...
and different walks of life encounter one another, bump up against one another in the ordinary course of life, because this is what teaches us to negotiate and to abide our differences.
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How to seek truth in the...
we've never faced that before. And we've never faced such a massive amount of information which is not curated by those whose profession leads them to abide by the truth, to fact-check
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A lyrical bridge between...
And one of the difficulties about walking into your life, about coming into this body, into this world fully, is you start to realize that you have manufactured three abiding illusions
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How we take back the...
and if we destroy these bonds by undermining the standards, the security, the manner of behavior, that nations and citizens all around the world expect us to abide by.
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Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
means sanctuary and supposedly there are almost these parallel universe that abide in certain places that if one's reached a level of self-actualization one can slip inside of them but without achieving that level would never even know that they exist so this is really the etymology of the
Video examples
Carne Ross: An...
and sure enough, I failed. I couldn't see all the blinking different lights, and I can't distinguish color. So I had to choose another career, and this was in fact relatively easy for me, because I had an abiding passion all the way through my childhood, which was international relations.
Video examples
How nationalism and...
You know, when you live in a democracy, you live with this idea that your government will always protect you, as long as you abide by the laws. With the rise of national populism, despite being the best citizen I can, I now have to live with the idea that my government can hurt me
Video examples
Lifesaving Medicines...
just for I can relax myself although I think I will be also allergic to their to the abide of the non-venomous snakes because the saliva and the venom it's is there is an overlap okay and lots of questions does venom help cure cancer you've
Video examples
The Chinese legend of...
Shanbo knew he couldn’t stand being separated from Yingtai again and asked her to marry him. But, heartbroken, Yingtai told him that she was already promised to another. Shanbo was devastated, but he understood that Yingtai had to abide
Video examples
Let’s put compassion...
unconditional partner in learning a caring and abiding presence in the life of a child who commits to show that child love first and then to teach them to love learning the joy inherent in the process of learning I think about
Video examples
Michael Sandel: Why we...
and different walks of life encounter one another, bump up against one another in the ordinary course of life, because this is what teaches us to negotiate and to abide our differences.
Video examples
How to seek truth in the...
we've never faced that before. And we've never faced such a massive amount of information which is not curated by those whose profession leads them to abide by the truth, to fact-check
Video examples
A lyrical bridge between...
And one of the difficulties about walking into your life, about coming into this body, into this world fully, is you start to realize that you have manufactured three abiding illusions
Video examples
How we take back the...
and if we destroy these bonds by undermining the standards, the security, the manner of behavior, that nations and citizens all around the world expect us to abide by.
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Adriana Trigiani
American Novelist
Writing is writing. It's an abiding, wonderful talent, craft, gift that stays with you your whole life. And you can go in different forms, and you can try them. Look at me: I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it.
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Tom Malinowski
No child should be afraid to go to school, and Americans from all walks of life: students, parents, law enforcement, veterans, and law abiding gun owners, are demanding that we act to keep our kids safe.
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Richard Burr
American Politician
Apple exists as a corporate entity with the protections provided by U.S. laws, but it cannot be allowed to pick and choose when to abide by those laws as it sees fit.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
American Author
I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
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Darren Shan
Irish Author
I think you can spread yourself across any number of genres when you're a writer as long as you have a deep, abiding love for each of them.
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Nasser Hussain
British Athlete
Everywhere in life people are in authority to make decisions and you have to abide by them, whether right or wrong.
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Bill Hicks
American Comedian
I left in love, in laughter, and in truth, and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.
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Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
Presidents make their hard decisions and then abide forever with their mistakes and regrets.
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Arthur Ashe
American Tennis Player
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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Adriana Trigiani
American Novelist
Writing is writing. It's an abiding, wonderful talent, craft, gift that stays with you your whole life. And you can go in different forms, and you can try them. Look at me: I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it.
Quote examples
Tom Malinowski
No child should be afraid to go to school, and Americans from all walks of life: students, parents, law enforcement, veterans, and law abiding gun owners, are demanding that we act to keep our kids safe.
Quote examples
Richard Burr
American Politician
Apple exists as a corporate entity with the protections provided by U.S. laws, but it cannot be allowed to pick and choose when to abide by those laws as it sees fit.
Quote examples
Edna St. Vincent Millay
American Author
I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
Quote examples
Darren Shan
Irish Author
I think you can spread yourself across any number of genres when you're a writer as long as you have a deep, abiding love for each of them.
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Nasser Hussain
British Athlete
Everywhere in life people are in authority to make decisions and you have to abide by them, whether right or wrong.
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Bill Hicks
American Comedian
I left in love, in laughter, and in truth, and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.
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Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
Presidents make their hard decisions and then abide forever with their mistakes and regrets.
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Arthur Ashe
American Tennis Player
A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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