different between abide vs await
abide
English
Etymology
From Middle English abiden, from Old English ?b?dan (“to abide, wait, remain, delay, remain behind; survive; wait for, await; expect”), from Proto-Germanic *uzb?dan? (“to expect, tolerate”), equivalent to a- +? bide. Cognate with Scots abyde (“to abide, remain”), Middle High German erb?ten (“to await, expect”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (usbeidan, “to expect, await, have patience”). The sense of pay for is due to influence from aby.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??ba?d/
- (US) IPA(key): /??ba?d/
- Rhymes: -a?d
Verb
abide (third-person singular simple present abides, present participle abiding, simple past abode or abided, past participle abode or abided or (rare) abidden)
- (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th century]
- Synonyms: hold on, resist, persevere; see also Thesaurus:persevere
- (transitive) To bear patiently. [from late 15th century]
- Synonyms: brook, put up with, tolerate; see also Thesaurus:tolerate
- (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of. [from late 16th century]
- Synonyms: answer for, suffer, atone
- Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
- (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [from mid-12th to mid-17th century]
- Synonyms: hold on, stay; see also Thesaurus:wait
- (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay. [from c. 1150-1350 to mid-17th century]
- (intransitive, archaic) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left. [from c. 1150-1350]
- (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode. [from c. 1350-1470]
- Synonyms: dwell, live, reside; see also Thesaurus:reside
- (intransitive, archaic) To endure; to remain; to last. [from c. 1350-1470]
- (transitive, archaic) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for. [from early 12th century]
- Synonyms: await, wait for; see also Thesaurus:wait for
- (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under. [from c. 1150-1350 to early 18th century.]
- (transitive, archaic) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to. [from c. 1350-1470.]
Usage notes
- (bear patiently): The negative form can't abide is used to indicate strong dislike.
Related terms
- abidable / abideable
- abide by
- abider
- abidest (archaic second-person singular present form; with “thou”)
- law-abiding
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Beida, Bieda
Estonian
Noun
abide
- genitive plural of abi
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Arabic ?????? (??bida). The sense of monument first attested around 1908 with respect to the Monument of Liberty (Âbide-i Hürriyet) then under construction in Istanbul.
Alternative forms
- âbide
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?.bi?de/
Noun
abide
- something of monumental importance
- monument
Declension
References
- abide in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
Etymology 2
Noun
abide
- locative singular of abi
abide From the web:
- what abide means
- what abides thus
- what abide with me means to india
- what abide means in spanish
- what abides in the world of perfect forms
- what's abides in spanish
- what abide in french
- what abide synonym
await
English
Etymology
From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (“to”) + waitier (“to watch”). More at English wait.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??w??t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Verb
await (third-person singular simple present awaits, present participle awaiting, simple past and past participle awaited)
- (transitive, formal) To wait for.
- (transitive) To expect.
- (transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
- (transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
- (intransitive) To watch, observe.
- (intransitive) To wait; to stay in waiting.
Usage notes
- As await means to wait for, it is not followed by "for". *I am awaiting for your reply is therefore incorrect.
Synonyms
- (wait for): wait for, anticipate, listen (of a sound); See also Thesaurus:wait for
- (serve or attend): attend to, service; See also Thesaurus:serve
Translations
Noun
await (plural awaits)
- (obsolete) A waiting for; ambush.
- (obsolete) Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.
- Also, madame, syte you well that there be many men spekith of oure love in this courte, and have you and me gretely in awayte, as thes Sir Aggravayne and Sir Mordred.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.6:
- For all that night, the whyles the Prince did rest […] He watcht in close awayt with weapons prest […].
References
Anagrams
- Iwata
await From the web:
- what awaits
- what awaits us a beyond story
- what awaiting delivery scan mean
- what awaits us in heaven
- what awaits us in 2021
- what awaits you
- what awaits us after death
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