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to abide
01
to live or stay in a particular place
Intransitive: to abide somewhere
Old use
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
State verb
Regular
Present tense
abide
3rd person singular
abides
Present participle
abiding
Past simple
abode
Past participle
abode
Examples
After retirement, they decided to abide in a quaint cottage by the lake.
02
(always negative) to tolerate someone or something
Transitive: to abide sb/sth
Examples
The manager made it clear that the company could not abide unethical behavior.
