ABIDE
What does "ABIDE" mean?
To tolerate or put up with something, or to remain and endure over time.
Meanings
- To bear or tolerate, usually in the negative: 'cannot abide'. He cannot abide people who chew loudly.
- To act in accordance with a rule, decision, or agreement (abide by). Both teams agreed to abide by the referee's call.
- To remain, dwell, or continue to exist. Their friendship abided long after the city had changed. archaic
Word origin
From Old English 'abidan' ('to wait, remain'), formed from the intensifying prefix 'a-' and 'bidan' (to bide, to wait).
Remember it
ABIDE = A + BIDE: to abide is just to BIDE (wait out) a thing you'd rather not.
A little poem
The mountain does not argue with the rain;
it lets the seasons come, recede, and wane,
and stands, unhurried, when they pass again.
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Wordplay
- I asked the patient old oak how it coped with storms. 'I abide,' it said - it had been biding its time for centuries.
What it teaches
To abide is the quiet middle ground between fighting a thing and fleeing it.
Quick facts
What does ABIDE mean?
To tolerate or put up with something, or to remain and endure over time.
Is ABIDE a valid word?
Yes — ABIDE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ABIDE?
ABIDE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ABIDE come from?
From Old English 'abidan' ('to wait, remain'), formed from the intensifying prefix 'a-' and 'bidan' (to bide, to wait).
What can ABIDE teach us?
To abide is the quiet middle ground between fighting a thing and fleeing it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.