abide

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US /əˈbaɪd/ UK /əˈbaɪd/ See IPA manual

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to tolerate or endure; to remain or dwell

She could not abide such rudeness at her table.

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1 verb · to tolerate or endure; to... endure tolerate bear stand remain dwell stay brook

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leave depart quit reject

Word family

Derived forms abidance abidingabider

Related forms abode bide

Etymology

From Old English ābīdan ('to wait, remain, endure'), from ā- (intensive prefix) + bīdan ('to bide, wait'), from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną.

ābīdan Old English *bīdaną Proto-Germanic *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European

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# abide

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** əˈbaɪd
**IPA (UK):** əˈbaɪd

## Meanings
1. to tolerate or endure; to remain or dwell

## Examples
- She could not abide such rudeness at her table.

## Synonyms
- endure
- tolerate
- bear
- stand
- remain
- dwell
- stay
- brook

## Antonyms
- leave
- depart
- quit
- reject

## Derived Forms
- abidance
- abiding
- abider

## Related Forms
- abode
- bide

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ābīdan
- Root: *bīdaną
- Root: *bʰeydʰ-

## Etymology
From Old English ābīdan ('to wait, remain, endure'), from ā- (intensive prefix) + bīdan ('to bide, wait'), from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną.

## AI Etymology
Abide is from Old English ābīdan ('to wait, remain, endure'), from ā- (intensive prefix) + bīdan ('to bide, wait'), from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną. In present-day use, it means to tolerate or endure; to remain or dwell. Derived formations include abidance, abiding, and abider. Related vocabulary includes abode and bide.

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