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abode [uh-bohd] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
abide [uh-bahyd]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: submit to, put up with
Synonyms: accept, acknowledge, be big about, bear, bear with, concede, consent, defer, endure, hang in, hang in there, hang tough, live with, put up with, receive, sit tight, stand, stand for, stomach, suffer, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand
Antonyms: despise, dispute, pass, quit, reject, resist, shun
Main Entry: abide
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: remain or continue in a state
Synonyms: continue, endure, keep on, last, persevere, persist, remain, survive
Antonyms: leave, quit, refuse, stop
Main Entry: abide
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stop temporarily and wait for
Synonyms: anticipate, bide, expect, linger, pause, remain, rest, sojourn, stay, stick around, stop, tarry, wait
Antonyms: carry on, continue, go, move
Example Sentences
  • Being nomads, the Bedouin struggle to provide proof of abode.
  • The lodge was once a prince's private hunting abode.
  • So there he abode awhile.
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Main Entry: abode
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: building or place where one resides
Synonyms: address, apartment, base, casa, co-op, condo, crash pad, crib*, den, digs, domicile, dwelling, flat, flop, habitat, haunt, headquarters, hearth, hole*, home, homestead, house, joint*, lodging, pad, quarters, residence, roost, sanctuary, seat
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Place of habitation, or resort] Abode.
Category: 3. EXISTENCE IN SPACE
Synonyms:
-nouns
abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark., home, fatherland; country; homestead, homestall; fireside; hearth, hearth stone; chimney corner, ingleside; harem, seraglio, zenana; household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile; native soil, native land., nest, nidus, snuggery; arbor, bower, [more]; lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyry, rookery, hive; covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost; nidification; kala jagah., bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation; barrack, casemate, casern., tent (covering); building (construction); chamber (receptacle); xenodochium., tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft., cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout [U.S.], wigwam; pen (inclosure); barn, bawn; kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre; cow house, cow shed; stable, dovecote, columbary, columbararium; shippen; igloo, iglu, jacal; lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling; log cabin, log house; shack, shebang, tepee, topek., house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace; kiosk, bungalow; casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house; temple., hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal; borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis; suburb; province, country; county town, county seat; courthouse [U.S.]; ghetto., street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews., square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister; gardens, grove, residences; block of buildings, market place, place, plaza., anchorage, roadstead, roads; dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor., quarter, parish (region)., assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place; inn; hostel, hostelry; hotel, tavern, caravansary, dark bungalow, khan, hospice; public house, pot house, mug house; gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house [U.S.], cabaret, chophouse; club, clubhouse; cookshop, dive [U.S.], exchange [euphemism, U.S.]; grill room, saloon [U.S.], shebeen; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada; almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse [U.S.]., garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne.
-verbs
take up one's abode (locate oneself) [more]; inhabit (be present).
-adjectives
urban, metropolitan; suburban; provincial, rural, rustic; domestic; cosmopolitan; palatial.
-phrases
eigner Hert ist goldes Werth; "even cities have their graves" [Longfellow]; ubi libertas ibi partria ["Where liberty is, my country is" (Latin)].
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Main Entry: address
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place of residence or business where one can be contacted
Synonyms: abode, box number, direction, domicile, dwelling, headquarters, home, house, living quarters, location, lodging, number, place of business, place of residence, street, whereabouts, zip code
Main Entry: be
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: exist
Synonyms: abide, act, be alive, breathe, continue, do, endure, go on, have being, have place, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive
Main Entry: bear
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: endure
Synonyms: abide, admit, allow, brook, encounter, experience, permit, put up with, stomach, suffer, tolerate, undergo
Notes: bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal
Antonyms: avoid, dodge, evade, shun
Main Entry: bide
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wait
Synonyms: abide, attend, await, continue, dwell, hang around, hang in, hang out*, hold the phone, lie in wait, linger, live, remain, reside, sit tight, stay, stick around, sweat it, tarry, watch for
Antonyms: go, hurry, move
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