Abide By

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Could you please tell me what does this phrasal mean? How can I use it in the sentence?Thank you very much for your answers.

Cmeow · Accepted Answer

two meanings:

1. to comply with. For example, everyone should abide by the law.

2. to remain faithful to one's word. For example, he abides by what he said.

thanks

Dhruv_SP · Answer

I second this post above....exactly what cmeow said....good luck gugu....good answer cmeow

Anonymous · Answer

My dictionaries tell me:

Synonyms:

abide:

bear, accept, put up with, stand, stomach, tolerate

persist, continue, endure, last, remain

abide by:

acknowledge, acquiesce in, adhere to, agree to, carry out, comply with, conform to, discharge, follow, fulfil, go along with, hold to, keep to, obey, observe, stand by, submit to

abiding:

constant, continual, continuing, enduring, eternal, everlasting, firm, immortal, immutable, lasting, permanent, persistent, stable, steadfast, surviving, tenacious, unchangeable, unchanging, unending

Antonyms:

ephemeral, transient

If you can't abide someone or something, you dislike them very much.

( I can't abide people who can't make up their mind )

( I can't abide her ) ( He couldn't abide laziness )

If you abide by a law, agreement, or decision, you do what it says you should do ( to accept or obey an agreement, decision or rule )

( They have got to abide by the rules )

( Competitors must abide by the judge's decision )

abide

to live or stay somewhere ( He abided in the wilderness for forty days. )

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