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{
"term": "abide",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "abide",
"heSheIt": "abides"
},
"pastSimple": "abided",
"pastParticiple": "abided",
"ingForm": "abiding"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to dislike somebody/something so much that you hate having to be with or deal with them",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
},
{
"text": "He couldn't abide the thought of being cooped up in an office."
},
{
"text": "I can’t abide people who look down on others."
}
],
"synonyms": "bear, stand",
"topics": ["Preferences and decisions"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to stay or live in a place",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
"labels": "(old use or formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "May joy and peace abide in us all."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈbaɪd/",
"audio": "ab/abide/abide__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈbəʊd/",
"audio": "ab/abide/abode__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈbaɪdz/",
"audio": "ab/abide/abides__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈbaɪdɪd/",
"audio": "ab/abide/abided__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈbaɪdɪŋ/",
"audio": "ab/abide/abiding__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈbaɪd/",
"audio": "ab/abide/abide__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈbəʊd/",
"audio": "ab/abide/abode__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈbaɪdz/",
"audio": "ab/abide/abides__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈbaɪdɪd/",
"audio": "ab/abide/abided__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈbaɪdɪŋ/",
"audio": "ab/abide/abiding__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English ābīdan ‘wait’, from ā- ‘onwards’ + bīdan, of Germanic origin."
}