{
    "term": "abide",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "abide",
            "heSheIt": "abides"
        },
        "pastSimple": "abided",
        "pastParticiple": "abided",
        "ingForm": "abiding"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to dislike somebody/something so much that you hate having to be with or deal with them",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He couldn't abide the thought of being cooped up in an office."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can’t abide people who look down on others."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "bear, stand",
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to stay or live in a place",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "labels": "(old use or formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "May joy and peace abide in us all."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈbaɪd/",
                "audio": "ab/abide/abide__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈbəʊd/",
                "audio": "ab/abide/abode__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈbaɪdz/",
                "audio": "ab/abide/abides__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈbaɪdɪd/",
                "audio": "ab/abide/abided__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈbaɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ab/abide/abiding__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈbaɪd/",
                "audio": "ab/abide/abide__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈbəʊd/",
                "audio": "ab/abide/abode__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈbaɪdz/",
                "audio": "ab/abide/abides__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈbaɪdɪd/",
                "audio": "ab/abide/abided__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈbaɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ab/abide/abiding__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English ābīdan ‘wait’, from ā- ‘onwards’ + bīdan, of Germanic origin."
}