abide – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to abide by
Participle: abode by
Gerund: abiding by

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of abide

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	abide by
we	Let's abide by
you	abide by

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

endure without yielding

persevere

bear patiently

tolerate

wait in expectation

wait

have one's abode

reside

endure; remain; last

persist

stand ready for

wait for

to stay or remain in a place or situation

eld, linger, retard, stay, tarry, wait

to persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking

bear up, carry on, continue, endure, follow up, hang in there, hold on, hold out, hold the line, hold up, persevere, persist, stay, stay the distance, stick by one's guns, stick with

To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.

remain

to have a settled abode permanently or for a considerable time

bedwell, belive, dwell, inhabit, live, occupy, reside, stay

to continue to exist

aby, endure, go on, hold on, last, live, persist, remain, stick, stick it out, stick out

to delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness

bide, defer, expect, hang on, hold on, hold one's breath, hold one's horses, hold one's water, hold out, stand by, stay, wait

to allow something unpleasant to exist or occur

abear, aby, accept, allow, bear, bide, brook, dree, endure, forbear, go along with, live with, pass, pocket, pouch, put up with, stand, stick, stomach, suffer, swallow, take sitting down, tolerate, thole, undergang, undergo

to make reparation for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency

acquit, answer, answer for, assoil, atone, expiate, make amends, propitiate, redeem, repair, reparate

stay

sit, remain, sojourn, tarry, wait

reside

stick, dwell, inhabit, live, stay, tenant

endure

continue, persevere, persist

support

await, second, attend

Antonyms

to replace something with something else

endure, last, remain, stay, switch

stay

leave, move, hasten, expedite

endure

perish, die, fail, subside

support

counteract, block, check, defeat

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. abidan, gebidan "remain," from ge- completive prefix (denoting onward motion; see a- (1)) + bidan "bide, remain, wait, dwell" (see bide). Originally intransitive (with genitive of the object: we abidon his "we waited for him"); transitive sense emerged in M.E. Meaning "to put up with" (now usually negative) first recorded 1526. The historical conjugation is abide, abode, abidden, but the modern formation is now generally weak.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *ud-s-?
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₂u-s-?
5. Proto-Germanic *uz-
6. Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-
7. Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti
8. Proto-Germanic *bīdaną
9. Proto-Germanic *uzbīdaną
10. Proto-West Germanic *uʀbīdan
11. Old English ābīdan
12. Middle English abyden
13. English abide
14. From Middle English abyden, from Old English ābīdan (“to abide, wait, remain, delay, remain behind; survive; wait for, await; expect”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀbīdan, from Proto-Germanic *uzbīdaną (“to expect, tolerate”), equivalent to a- + bide.
15. Cognate with Scots abide (“to abide, remain”), Middle High German erbīten (“to await, expect”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (usbeidan, “to expect, await, have patience”). The sense of pay for is due to influence from aby. See: Middle English 'abyden', Proto-Germanic '*uzbīdaną', Middle High German 'erbīten'.

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