Abide (Verb)
Meaning 1
Put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- She had to abide the loud noise from her neighbor's house for years until she finally moved away.
- The new employee felt forced to abide her boss's constant demands to meet impossible deadlines.
- It took him months to abide the isolation after moving to a small town for his new job.
- The manager struggled to abide the incompetence of her coworker, but had to maintain a professional attitude.
- She learned to abide the long commute time after moving to a bigger city for college.