See adhere in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for adhere meaning in English (19.5kB)
{
"antonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "deadhere"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "divide"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "adherable"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "adherer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "adheringly"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "cytoadhere"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "nonadhering"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "readhere"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "unadhered"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "*adheren"
},
"expansion": "Middle English *adheren",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "adherande",
"pos": "present participle",
"t": "adhering, adherent"
},
"expansion": "Middle English adherande (“adhering, adherent”, present participle)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "adhaereō",
"4": "adhaerēre"
},
"expansion": "Latin adhaerēre",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "adhaesum"
},
"expansion": "adhaesum",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ad",
"3": "",
"4": "to"
},
"expansion": "ad (“to”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "haerēre",
"3": "",
"4": "to stick"
},
"expansion": "haerēre (“to stick”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "adhérer"
},
"expansion": "French adhérer",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English *adheren (suggested by Middle English adherande (“adhering, adherent”, present participle)), from Latin adhaerēre, adhaesum: ad (“to”) + haerēre (“to stick”). Compare French adhérer.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "adheres",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "adhering",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "adhered",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "adhered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "adhere (third-person singular simple present adheres, present participle adhering, simple past and past participle adhered)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "agglutinate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "braze"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "gum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "lute"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "paste"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "solder"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "weld"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "adherent"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "adherence"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "adhesive"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "cohere"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "deadhere"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "inhere"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "wax adhered to his finger",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1905, Anna Botsford Comstock, chapter 16, in How to Keep Bees",
"text": "The sure test of the presence of the disease is found in the dead body of the larva, which is dark and discoloured; and if a toothpick or pin be thrust into it and then drawn back, the body contents will adhere to it in a stringy mass, to the extent of a half or even an entire inch, as if it were mucous or glue; later the bodies of the larvae dry and appear as black scales in the cell bottoms.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "December 23 2016, Victoria Neff in Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, The story of mistletoe\nMistletoe is an evergreen perennial shrub that has female plants that produce white berries. These white berries are a favorite food of birds who help to reseed the sticky seeds that adhere to tree branches."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united."
],
"id": "en-adhere-en-verb-35vXs-7b",
"links": [
[
"stick",
"stick"
],
[
"cleave",
"cleave#etymology 2"
],
[
"glutinous",
"glutinous"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cleave"
},
{
"word": "cling"
},
{
"word": "stick"
},
{
"word": "adhere"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "yəbeşew",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "йәбешеү"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prilepvam",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "прилепвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prilepvam se",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "прилепвам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "adherir"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "adherir-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "niánfù",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "粘附"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "黏著"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "niánzhuó",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "黏着"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fùzhuó",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "附著"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fùzhuó",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "附着"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "kleven"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "plakken"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "adheri"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "alteniĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "kiinnittyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "tarttua"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "adhérer"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "adherir"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "adherirse"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "kleben"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "melekat"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "aderire"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"alt": "くっつく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuttsuku",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "くっ付く"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"alt": "つく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsuku",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "付く"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dallabutda",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "달라붙다"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "haereō"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "adhaereō"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "yapışmak",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "یاپشمق"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "aderir"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prikléivatʹsja",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прикле́иваться"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prikléitʹsja",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прикле́иться"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prilipátʹ",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прилипа́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prilípnutʹ",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прили́пнуть"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "snihyati",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "स्निह्यति"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "śliṣyati",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "श्लिष्यति"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "pegarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "adherirse"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "fästa (vid)"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "aṇṭukonu",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "అంటుకొను"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "trenk-"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "tsu-"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "glynu"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 3 4 2",
"code": "nmn",
"lang": "ǃXóõ",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "dtʻkxʻàba"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "21 65 10 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1775 February 23, Alexander Hamilton, “The Farmer Refuted, &c., [23 February] 1775”, in Harold C. Syrett, editor, The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, volumes 1, 1768–1778, New York: Columbia University Press, published 1962, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 103",
"text": "Upon the whole, if, by the British dominions, you mean territories subject to the Parliament, you adhere to your usual fallacy, and suppose what you are bound to prove.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1829, Washington Irving, chapter 20, in Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada",
"text": "King Ferdinand adopted the magnanimous measure recommended by the queen, but he accompanied it with several shrewd conditions, exacting tribute, military services, and safe passages and maintenance for Christian troops throughout the places which should adhere to Boabdil.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1913, William Stanley Braithwaite, A Foremost American Lyrist: An Appreciation",
"text": "She has conceived the high function of poetry as an interpretation and criticism of life, adhering to the canons of her beloved master, Matthew Arnold, and has proven her worth, and the right to receive and exercise the spiritual influence inherited from that great and austere poet.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "December 13 2016, Secret aid worker, Secret aid worker: NGOs can be efficient, if it involves sacrificing staff\nBut from then on, everything went full speed. A tight timeline was adhered to and it became clear that the organisation’s new direction saw no value in keeping or developing the talents it had previously hired."
},
{
"ref": "2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 486",
"text": "This paper gives an overview of such commentary it has received, minimal as it is, and highlights a number of inaccuracies that appear to adhere to the dictionary with worrying regularity.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc."
],
"id": "en-adhere-en-verb-FCpS4BXa",
"links": [
[
"attached",
"attached"
],
[
"devote",
"devote"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, figurative) To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "13 71 11 4",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "tərəfdarı olmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 71 11 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ostavam veren",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "оставам верен"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 71 11 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "vasthouden"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 71 11 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "aanhangen"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 71 11 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "pitää kiinni"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 71 11 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "halten"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 71 11 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "aderire"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 71 11 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridérživatʹsja",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приде́рживаться"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 71 11 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ostavátʹsja vérnym",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "остава́ться ве́рным"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 71 11 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "hålla fast (vid)"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 71 11 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "hålla sig till"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, in Rolling Stone",
"text": "For the most part, Hefner's female companions all adhered to the same mold: twentysomething, bosomy and blonde. \"Well, I guess I know what I like,\" he once said when asked about his preferences.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree."
],
"id": "en-adhere-en-verb-TGDRcH~t",
"links": [
[
"agree",
"agree"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, figurative) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spazvam",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "спазвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎbljudavam",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "съблюдавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zūnshǒu",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "遵守"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "堅持"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiānchí",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "坚持"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gùshǒu",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "固守"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "overholde"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "samenhangen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "noudattaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "pitää kiinni"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "adhérer"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "sich halten (an etwas)"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "befolgen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "festhalten"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "seguire"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridérživatʹsja",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приде́рживаться"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sobljudátʹ",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "соблюда́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "adherirse a"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "cumplir con"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "hålla fast (vid)"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "hålla sig till"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Scots law",
"orig": "en:Scots law",
"parents": [
"Law",
"Scotland",
"Justice",
"United Kingdom",
"Society",
"British Isles",
"Europe",
"All topics",
"Islands",
"Earth",
"Eurasia",
"Fundamental",
"Places",
"Nature",
"Names",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Nouns",
"Lemmas"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To affirm a judgment."
],
"id": "en-adhere-en-verb-kGRt5g8b",
"links": [
[
"affirm",
"affirm"
],
[
"judgment",
"judgment"
]
],
"qualifier": "Scots law",
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, Scots law) To affirm a judgment."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ædˈhɪə/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ædˈhɪɹ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-adhere.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/En-us-adhere.ogg/En-us-adhere.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/En-us-adhere.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "adhære"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "adhere"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "attach"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "bond"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "cleave"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "cling"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "conglutinate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "glue"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "hug"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "stick"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "stick together"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "stick with"
}
],
"word": "adhere"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "deadhere"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "divide"
}
],
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Requests for review of Ido translations",
"Requests for review of Korean translations",
"Requests for review of Turkish translations",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "adherable"
},
{
"word": "adherer"
},
{
"word": "adheringly"
},
{
"word": "cytoadhere"
},
{
"word": "nonadhering"
},
{
"word": "readhere"
},
{
"word": "unadhered"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "*adheren"
},
"expansion": "Middle English *adheren",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "adherande",
"pos": "present participle",
"t": "adhering, adherent"
},
"expansion": "Middle English adherande (“adhering, adherent”, present participle)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "adhaereō",
"4": "adhaerēre"
},
"expansion": "Latin adhaerēre",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "adhaesum"
},
"expansion": "adhaesum",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ad",
"3": "",
"4": "to"
},
"expansion": "ad (“to”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "haerēre",
"3": "",
"4": "to stick"
},
"expansion": "haerēre (“to stick”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "adhérer"
},
"expansion": "French adhérer",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English *adheren (suggested by Middle English adherande (“adhering, adherent”, present participle)), from Latin adhaerēre, adhaesum: ad (“to”) + haerēre (“to stick”). Compare French adhérer.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "adheres",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "adhering",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "adhered",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "adhered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "adhere (third-person singular simple present adheres, present participle adhering, simple past and past participle adhered)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "agglutinate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "braze"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "gum"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "lute"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "paste"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "solder"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "weld"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "adherent"
},
{
"word": "adherence"
},
{
"word": "adhesive"
},
{
"word": "cohere"
},
{
"word": "deadhere"
},
{
"word": "inhere"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "wax adhered to his finger",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1905, Anna Botsford Comstock, chapter 16, in How to Keep Bees",
"text": "The sure test of the presence of the disease is found in the dead body of the larva, which is dark and discoloured; and if a toothpick or pin be thrust into it and then drawn back, the body contents will adhere to it in a stringy mass, to the extent of a half or even an entire inch, as if it were mucous or glue; later the bodies of the larvae dry and appear as black scales in the cell bottoms.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "December 23 2016, Victoria Neff in Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, The story of mistletoe\nMistletoe is an evergreen perennial shrub that has female plants that produce white berries. These white berries are a favorite food of birds who help to reseed the sticky seeds that adhere to tree branches."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united."
],
"links": [
[
"stick",
"stick"
],
[
"cleave",
"cleave#etymology 2"
],
[
"glutinous",
"glutinous"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cleave"
},
{
"word": "cling"
},
{
"word": "stick"
},
{
"word": "adhere"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1775 February 23, Alexander Hamilton, “The Farmer Refuted, &c., [23 February] 1775”, in Harold C. Syrett, editor, The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, volumes 1, 1768–1778, New York: Columbia University Press, published 1962, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 103",
"text": "Upon the whole, if, by the British dominions, you mean territories subject to the Parliament, you adhere to your usual fallacy, and suppose what you are bound to prove.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1829, Washington Irving, chapter 20, in Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada",
"text": "King Ferdinand adopted the magnanimous measure recommended by the queen, but he accompanied it with several shrewd conditions, exacting tribute, military services, and safe passages and maintenance for Christian troops throughout the places which should adhere to Boabdil.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1913, William Stanley Braithwaite, A Foremost American Lyrist: An Appreciation",
"text": "She has conceived the high function of poetry as an interpretation and criticism of life, adhering to the canons of her beloved master, Matthew Arnold, and has proven her worth, and the right to receive and exercise the spiritual influence inherited from that great and austere poet.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "December 13 2016, Secret aid worker, Secret aid worker: NGOs can be efficient, if it involves sacrificing staff\nBut from then on, everything went full speed. A tight timeline was adhered to and it became clear that the organisation’s new direction saw no value in keeping or developing the talents it had previously hired."
},
{
"ref": "2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 486",
"text": "This paper gives an overview of such commentary it has received, minimal as it is, and highlights a number of inaccuracies that appear to adhere to the dictionary with worrying regularity.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc."
],
"links": [
[
"attached",
"attached"
],
[
"devote",
"devote"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, figurative) To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, in Rolling Stone",
"text": "For the most part, Hefner's female companions all adhered to the same mold: twentysomething, bosomy and blonde. \"Well, I guess I know what I like,\" he once said when asked about his preferences.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree."
],
"links": [
[
"agree",
"agree"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, figurative) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"en:Scots law"
],
"glosses": [
"To affirm a judgment."
],
"links": [
[
"affirm",
"affirm"
],
[
"judgment",
"judgment"
]
],
"qualifier": "Scots law",
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, Scots law) To affirm a judgment."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ædˈhɪə/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ædˈhɪɹ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-adhere.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/En-us-adhere.ogg/En-us-adhere.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/En-us-adhere.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "adhære"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "adhere"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "attach"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "bond"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "cleave"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "cling"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "conglutinate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "glue"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "hug"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "stick"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "stick together"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:adhere",
"word": "stick with"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "yəbeşew",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "йәбешеү"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prilepvam",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "прилепвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prilepvam se",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "прилепвам се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "adherir"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "adherir-se"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "niánfù",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "粘附"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "黏著"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "niánzhuó",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "黏着"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fùzhuó",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "附著"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fùzhuó",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "附着"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "kleven"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "plakken"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "adheri"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "alteniĝi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "kiinnittyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "tarttua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "adhérer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "adherir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "adherirse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "kleben"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "melekat"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "aderire"
},
{
"alt": "くっつく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuttsuku",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "くっ付く"
},
{
"alt": "つく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsuku",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "付く"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dallabutda",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "달라붙다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "haereō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "adhaereō"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "yapışmak",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "یاپشمق"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "aderir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prikléivatʹsja",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прикле́иваться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prikléitʹsja",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прикле́иться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prilipátʹ",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прилипа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prilípnutʹ",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прили́пнуть"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "snihyati",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "स्निह्यति"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "śliṣyati",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "श्लिष्यति"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "pegarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "adherirse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "fästa (vid)"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "aṇṭukonu",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "అంటుకొను"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "trenk-"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "tsu-"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "glynu"
},
{
"code": "nmn",
"lang": "ǃXóõ",
"sense": "To stick fast or cleave",
"word": "dtʻkxʻàba"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "tərəfdarı olmaq"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ostavam veren",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "оставам верен"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "vasthouden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "aanhangen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "pitää kiinni"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "halten"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "aderire"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridérživatʹsja",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приде́рживаться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ostavátʹsja vérnym",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "остава́ться ве́рным"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "hålla fast (vid)"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To hold, be attached, or be devoted",
"word": "hålla sig till"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spazvam",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "спазвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎbljudavam",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "съблюдавам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zūnshǒu",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "遵守"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "堅持"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiānchí",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "坚持"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gùshǒu",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "固守"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "overholde"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "samenhangen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "noudattaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "pitää kiinni"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "adhérer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "sich halten (an etwas)"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "befolgen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "festhalten"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "seguire"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridérživatʹsja",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приде́рживаться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sobljudátʹ",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "соблюда́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "adherirse a"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "cumplir con"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "hålla fast (vid)"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree",
"word": "hålla sig till"
}
],
"word": "adhere"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.