adhere
/ædˈhɪɹ/ verb C2- To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united. · Wax adhered to his finger.
- To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc.
- To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.
- To fasten by adhesion.
- To affirm a judgment.
He/she/it adheres · Past adhered · Past participle adhered · -ing form adhering
Verb forms
- Base form
- adhere
- He/she/it
- adheres
- Past
- adhered
- Past participle
- adhered
- -ing form
- adhering
From the library
Darcy then consider the rashness of your original intention as atoned for by your obstinacy in adhering to it?”
Even shaking would tell him nothing, for as the plaster was wet it was probable that the pearl would adhere to it—as, in fact, it has done.
Steady to his purpose, he scarcely spoke ten words to her through the whole of Saturday: and though they were at one time left by themselves for half an hour, he adhered most conscientiously to his book, and would not even look at her.
“I know it, sir; a young man, who still adheres to my fallen fortunes, passes a part of his time in a belvedere at the top of the house, in hopes of being the first to announce good news to me; he has informed me of the arrival of this ship.”
Learn adhere in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.