You should abide by the consequences.
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Abide
//əˈbaɪd//
Synonyms for "abide" (282 found)
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Closest matches (57)
Strong matches (84)
Verb(25 words)
bide one's timecarry oncontinuedeferdemurdigestdreedwelleldfollow upforbeargo along withhang in therehang onhaunthold one's breathhold one's horseshold one's peehold one's pisshold one's water
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bide the issueblink atbravebunkcarry awaycarry oncarry throughcease notcleaveclingcoastcohabitcome aftercondoneconsentconsistconsist incontinue to bedallydawdle
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defeat timedefy timedelaydigdigestdillydallydisregarddomiciledomiciliatedoss downdrag ondwell inexistexist inextendfeelfreezegogo alonggo onhang abouthang aroundhang inhang in therehang outhang toughholdhold everythinghold outhold steadyhold your horsesignoreinhabitinhere injog onjudge notkeep goingkeep onkeep quiet
Related words (141)
Verb(42 words)
lastlast longlast outlean over backwardslie inlie in waitlie stilllingerlisten to reasonlivelive onlive throughlive withlodgeloiterlumplump itmaintainmark timenest
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never ceasenot breathenot stirnot write offoccupyoverlookperchperdureperennateperseverepersistprevailput up withreceiveremainremain motionlessreposerepose inresidereside inrestrest inroomroostrunrun onsee both sidessettlesit tightsit upsit up forslog onsojournsquatstagger onstandstand faststand firmstand forstand stillstand tostaystay onstay overstay putstay upstay up forstickstick aroundstick faststomachsubsistsubsist insuffersupportsurvivesuspend judgmentswallowsweatsweat it outsweat outtaketake timetake up withtarrytenanttide overtread waterview with indulgencewait a minutewait and seewait forwait onwait up forwatchwatch and waitwearwear wellwink at
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8 entriesSynonyms
13 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
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3 entriesTranslations
164 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ναίω verb (dwell)
Arabic
4 entries- خَلَدَ verb (stay)
- يستنا verb (dwell)
- يفضل verb (dwell)
- يَبْقَى verb (dwell)
Bulgarian
4 entries- оста́вам verb (dwell)
- оча́квам verb (wait in expectation)
- пребива́вам verb (dwell)
- толери́рам verb (bear patiently; tolerate)
Catalan
4 entries- demorar verb (dwell)
- endurar verb (endure without yielding)
- esperar verb (wait in expectation)
- expectar verb (wait in expectation)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 容忍 verb (endure without yielding)
- 容忍 verb (bear patiently; tolerate)
- 居住 verb (dwell)
- 屈從 /屈从 verb (pay for; stand the consequences of)
Dutch
4 entries- afwachten verb (wait in expectation)
- doorstaan verb (endure without yielding)
- ondergaan verb (endure without yielding)
- toelaten verb (bear patiently; tolerate)
Esperanto
1 entries- restadi verb (stay)
Finnish
4 entries- asustaa verb (dwell)
- jäädä verb (stay)
- kestää verb (bear patiently; tolerate)
- kohdata seuraukset verb (pay for; stand the consequences of)
French
4 entries- demeurer verb (dwell)
- endurer verb (endure without yielding)
- rester verb (stay)
- souffrir verb (pay for; stand the consequences of)
German
4 entries- aushalten verb (endure without yielding)
- ausstehen verb (bear patiently; tolerate)
- ertragen verb (bear patiently; tolerate)
- harren verb (wait in expectation)
Hungarian
4 entries- dacol verb (endure without yielding)
- ellenszegül verb (endure without yielding)
- eltűr verb (bear patiently; tolerate)
- elvisel verb (bear patiently; tolerate)
Italian
4 entries- abitare verb (dwell)
- aspettare verb (wait in expectation)
- attendere verb (wait in expectation)
- dimorare verb (stay)
Latin
1 entries- possideo verb (dwell)
Malay
2 entries- duduk verb (dwell)
- tinggal dalam verb (dwell)
Norwegian
4 entries- avvente verb (wait in expectation)
- forbli verb (dwell)
- holde ut verb (endure without yielding)
- tolerere verb (bear patiently; tolerate)
Occitan
1 entries- demorar verb (dwell)
Persian
4 entries- تحمل کردن verb (endure without yielding)
- ساکن شدن verb (dwell)
- مدارا کردن verb (bear patiently; tolerate)
- منتظر بودن verb (wait in expectation)
Portuguese
4 entries- aguardar verb (wait in expectation)
- aguentar verb (endure without yielding)
- aguentar verb (bear patiently; tolerate)
- esperar verb (wait in expectation)
Russian
4 entries- выноси́ть verb (endure without yielding)
- ждать verb (wait in expectation)
- жить verb (dwell)
- обита́ть verb (dwell)
Slovak
2 entries- strpieť verb (bear patiently; tolerate)
- vytrvať verb (endure without yielding)
Spanish
4 entries- afrontar verb (pay for; stand the consequences of)
- aguantar verb (endure without yielding)
- aguardar verb (wait in expectation)
- apechugar[se] con verb (pay for; stand the consequences of)
Swedish
3 entries- stå ut med verb (bear patiently; tolerate)
- tolerera verb (bear patiently; tolerate)
- tåla verb (bear patiently; tolerate)
Tocharian B
1 entries- walāk verb (dwell)
Turkish
2 entries- ikamet etmek verb (dwell)
- oturmak verb (dwell)
Vietnamese
4 entries- chịu verb (endure without yielding)
- chịu verb (bear patiently; tolerate)
- chịu được verb (bear patiently; tolerate)
- chịu đựng verb (endure without yielding)
Sample sentences
32 total sentences available.
I can't abide hearing you cry so bitterly.
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We must abide by the rules of the game.
Source: tatoeba (22947)
Abide with me.
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