abide

Meaning

1. (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand.
2. (transitive) To bear patiently.
3. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of.
4. Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation.
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay.
7. (Scotland, archaic, intransitive) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
8. (archaic, intransitive) To have one's abode.
9. (archaic, intransitive) To endure; to remain; to last.
10. (archaic, transitive) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
11. (obsolete, transitive) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
12. (archaic, transitive) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.

Synonyms

stay

remain

endure

dwell

await

bear

🐻

wait

reside

expect

tolerate

suffer

wait for

put up with

abide by

keep

live

bide

stand

inhabit

obey

support

continue

stomach

observe

brook

meet

lodge

follow

stick out

sojourn

withstand

accomplish

put up

persist

perform

digest

fulfil

exercise

execute

achieve

persevere

😣

linger

last

sustain

take

stop

🛑

comply

rest

respect

secure

Translations

tolérer

verdragen

tolerar

sopportare

🐻

tollerare

tolerar

supporter

suportar

aushalten

soutenir

demeurer

soportar

🐻

ertragen

🐻

aspettare

doorstaan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈbaɪd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: abyden

Inherited from Old English: ābīdan

Cognate with Scots: abide

Cognate with Middle High German: erbīten

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽

In summary

From Middle English abyden, from Old English ābīdan (“to abide, wait, remain, delay, remain behind; survive; wait for, await; expect”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀbīdan, from Proto-Germanic *uzbīdaną (“to expect, tolerate”), equivalent to a- + bide.
Cognate with Scots abide (“to abide, remain”), Middle High German erbīten (“to await, expect”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (usbeidan, “to expect, await, have patience”). The sense of pay for is due to influence from aby.

Sentences

Abide with me .