abode
Meaning
abide
- (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand.
- (transitive) To bear patiently.
- (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of.
- Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
- (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay.
- (Scotland, archaic, intransitive) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
- (archaic, intransitive) To have one's abode.
- (archaic, intransitive) To endure; to remain; to last.
- (archaic, transitive) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
- (obsolete, transitive) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
- (archaic, transitive) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.
Synonyms
dwelling house
place of residence
living quarters
place of origin
residential house
Translations
demeure
dimora
morada
onderkomen
Wohnung
atriumFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈbəʊd/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English abod, abad, from Old English *ābād, related to ābīdan (“to abide”); see abide. Cognate with Scots abade, abaid (“abode”). For the change of nouns, compare abode, preterite of abide.
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