English > abide: 2 senses > verb 2, cognitionMeaning | put up with something or somebody unpleasant. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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Model | Sam cannot abide Sue |
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Synonyms | digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, suffer, put up |
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Narrower | accept, live with, swallow | Tolerate or accommodate oneself to |
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bear up | endure cheerfully |
pay | bear (a cost or penalty) , in recompense for some action |
sit out | endure to the end / end |
stand for, hold still for | Tolerate or bear |
take a joke | listen to a joke at one's own expense |
take lying down | Suffer without protest |
Broader | permit, allow, let, countenance | consent to, give permission |
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Similar to | suffer | Experience (emotional) pain |
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Spanish | aguantar, apechar, consentir, digerir, sobrellevar, soportar, sufrir, tolerar |
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Catalan | aguantar, sofrir, suportar, tolerar |
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Nouns | abidance | the act of abiding (enduring without yielding) |
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