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adhere
[ ad-heer ]
verb (used without object)
The mud adhered to his shoes.
- Physics, Chemistry. (of two or more dissimilar substances) to be united by a molecular force acting in the area of contact.
- to be devoted in support or allegiance; be attached as a follower or upholder (usually followed by to ):
to adhere to a party.
- to hold closely or firmly (usually followed by to ):
to adhere to a plan.
- Obsolete. to be consistent.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to adhere; make stick:
Glue will adhere the tiles to the wallboard.
adhere
/ ədˈhɪə /
verb
- usually foll by to to stick or hold fast
- foll by to to be devoted (to a political party, cause, religion, etc); be a follower (of)
- foll by to to follow closely or exactly
adhere to the rules
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Derived Forms
- adˈherence, noun
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Other Words From
- ad·her·a·ble adjective
- ad·her·er noun
- pre·ad·here verb (used without object) preadhered preadhering
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of adhere1
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Example Sentences
Internet media entrepreneur Nick Denton is a person to whom harsh judgments adhere like barnacles.
Indeed, they view us as children who can never adhere to the standards of civility and decency to which they hold other groups.
Powdered ink would adhere to the charged image and then it would be pressed via heat onto paper.
Saudi Arabia should adhere to the international treaties concerning freedom of speech.
Michelle: With everything we do in this show we really try to adhere to what would be psychologically true with Alicia.
Both claim for those who adhere to them the character of being the only members of the true Church.
The "Readjusters" persuaded the Negroes to adhere to their ideas primarily for political reasons.
Don't adhere to a word therein contained; we will think for ourselves.
And this Notion the Clergy generally adhere to, because thereby they kill two or three Birds with one stone.
Back to the shore again he had to go, and adhere to the original plan of creeping along by the beach.
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