different between abide vs support

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)

1. (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th century]

   Synonyms: hold on, resist, persevere; see also Thesaurus:persevere

2. (transitive) To bear patiently. [from late 15th century]

   Synonyms: brook, put up with, tolerate; see also Thesaurus:tolerate
3. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of. [from late 16th century]

   Synonyms: answer for, suffer, atone
4. Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).

5. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [from mid-12th to mid-17th century]

   Synonyms: hold on, stay; see also Thesaurus:wait
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay. [from c. 1150-1350 to mid-17th century]
7. (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]
8. (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode. [from c. 1350-1470]

   Synonyms: dwell, live, reside; see also Thesaurus:reside
9. (intransitive, archaic) To endure; to remain; to last. [from c. 1350-1470]
10. (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
11. (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under. [from c. 1150-1350 to early 18th century.]
12. (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

1. 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

1. something of monumental importance
2. monument

Declension

References

• abide in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Etymology 2

Noun

abide

1. locative singular of abi

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /s??p??t/, [s??p???t]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /s??p??t/, [s??p???t], [s??p?o?t]
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /s??po(?)?t/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /s??po?t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t
• Hyphenation: sup?port

Etymology 1

From Middle English supporten, from Old French supporter, from Latin support?. Displaced Old English underwreþian and Old English fultum.

Verb

support (third-person singular simple present supports, present participle supporting, simple past and past participle supported)

2. (transitive) To keep from falling.

3. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.

5. (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.

6. (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
7. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
   • 1754, Jonathan Edwards, The Freedom of the Will

     to urge such arguments, as though they were sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy

8. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.

9. (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.

10. (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.

11. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.

    • This fierce demeanour and his insolence / The patience of a god could not support.

    • 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:

      For a strong affection such moments are worth supporting, and they will end well; for your advocate is in your lover's heart and speaks her own language […]

12. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

Synonyms

• (to keep from falling): underprop, uphold, stut

Antonyms

• (to back a cause, party, etc.): oppose

Derived terms

• supportable
• supported
• supportive

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English support, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French support. Displaced Old English underwreþung.

Noun

support (countable and uncountable, plural supports)

1. (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.

2. Financial or other help.
3. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.

4. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
5. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).

6. Evidence.

7. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.

8. An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
9. An accompaniment in music.
10. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
11. (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Antonyms

• (mathematics): kernel

Hyponyms

• moral support
• (answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold): first-level support, second-level support, third-level support
• (military): combat support

Derived terms

• support act
• support group

Translations

French

Etymology

From the verb supporter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.p??/

Noun

support m (plural supports)

1. support
2. base
3. (heraldry) supporter

Further reading

• “support” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).