Abide By

Definition: Abide By

Abide By

Verb

1. Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!" "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules".

2. Show respect towards; "honor your parents!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Abide By

Assent

Acknowledge, own, admit, allow, avow, confess; concede; (yield); come round to; abide by; permit.

Compromise

Verb: compromise, commute, compound; take the mean; split the difference, meet one halfway, give and take; come to terms; (contract); submit to arbitration, abide by arbitration; patch up, bridge over, arrange; straighten out, adjust, differences, agree; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; take the will for the deed.

Observance

Verb: observe, comply with, respect, acknowledge, abide by; cling to, adhere to, be faithful to, act up to; meet, fulfill; carry out, carry into execution; execute, perform, keep, satisfy, discharge; do one's office.

Crosswords: Abide By

There are certain rules that one must abide by in order to successfully create a sequel. (Scream 2; writing credit: Kevin Williamson)

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Books

• Inculturation : abide by the otherness of Africa and the Africans : papers from a congress (October 21-22, 1993, Heerlen, the Netherlands) at the occasion of 100 years SMA-presence in the Netherlands / Peter Turkson, Frans Wijsen (eds.) (reference)

• Inculturation: Abide by the Otherness of Africa and the Africans (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

In addition, franchises must abide by laws governing fair trade and competition. (references)

This is expected to increase to 200 buildings by next year. New buildings in the private and public sectors abide by a set of energy efficiency standards. (references)

Furthermore, the Agreement requires that entities abide by minimum bid deadlines to allow domestic and foreign suppliers sufficient time to prepare and submit tenders. (references)

Children

India

In January, the NHRC wrote to the chief ministers of all states to ask them to abide by recommendations to remove all persons with mental illness from ordinary jails; however, by year's end, the directive had not been implemented. (references)

Civil Liberties

Ghana

The Government at times alleged that some reporters and editors failed to abide by professional ethical guidelines. (references)

Malaysia

Harakah stated that it would abide by the Home Ministry directive and the newspaper generally no longer is sold openly. (references)

Economic History

Spain

These companies have to abide by Spanish labor laws. (references)

Netherlands

The Dutch also abide by all internationally agreed strategic trade controls e.g. the Wassenaar Agreement. (references)

Nicaragua

It recognizes as legitimate all political forces that abide by the democratic process and eschew violence. (references)

Human Rights

Yemen

In practice many authorities abide by these provisions only if bribed. (references)

Zimbabwe

In April and May, the Government failed to abide by two High Court rulings requiring that police officials remove war veterans and other squatters trespassing on commercial farms. (references)

Costa Rica

The Constitution prohibits cruel or degrading treatment and holds invalid any statement obtained through violence, and the authorities generally abide by these prohibitions; however, members of the public forces were responsible for some physical abuse. (references)

Minorities

Moldova

However, Transnistrian authorities refused to abide by the law. (references)

Political Economy

ECUADOR

U.S. investors in these sectors are primarily large multinational companies that abide by the Ecuadorian Labor Code. (references)

Niger

During the year, the forces continued to abide by their statement; however, members of the security forces committed abuses. (references)

Political Rights

Peru

They were removed on grounds that they failed to abide by their oath of office to uphold the Constitution. (references)

Comoros

The other leaders did not indicate any unwillingness to abide by the terms of the agreement by year's end. (references)

Pakistan

President Musharraf pledged to abide by a May 2000 Supreme Court ruling that mandates that national elections be held no later than 90 days after October 12, 2002. Between December 31, 2000, and August 2, local elections were held in five phases on a nonparty basis. (references)

Trade

Thailand

To abide by the GATT Valuation System (GVS), Thailand announced its new customs valuation scheme on March 8, 2000, which became effective on January 1, 2000 . Under the new system, there are 6 methods in order of relevance to calculate the import duty. (references)

Mexico

If a NOM-issuing government agency decides to conduct all conformity assessment activities for a given NOM, then it does not have to abide by EMA procedures nor allow for the participation of foreign test laboratories to test for compliance with its NOMs. (references)

Travel

Ecuador

U.S. citizens should carry identification at all times, including proof of U.S. citizenship, and abide by any restrictions imposed during a state of emergency or risk arrest. (references)

Worker Rights

Gabon

The Labor Code prohibits direct government action against individual strikers who abide by the arbitration and notification provisions. (references)

China

Many monks and nuns who attempt to protest peacefully or refuse to abide by rules imposed by government authorities in Buddhist monasteries are subject to detention. (references)

Honduras

In August and September 2000, the Government reaffirmed its commitment to abide by the terms of the 1995 MOU and to take additional steps to strengthen enforcement of the Labor Code. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "abide by": abide by a promise ♦ abide by consequences ♦ abide by one's word ♦ abide by the law ♦ abide by the rules ♦ To abide by. Additional references.

Albanian

veproj në përputhje me. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تقيد (adhere, hook up, observance, observe, tie up), ‏زعن, ‏إحترم (consider, dignify, esteem, honor, honour, look up to, regard, respect), ‏إستجاب (arraign, be interrogated, comply, react, respond, vibrate). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съблюдавам, оставам верен на (stick with), държа на (hug, set, stand by, stand to, stick to). (various references)

Chinese 

信守 (keep). (various references)

Dutch

zich houden aan. (various references)

Esperanto

konformiĝi al, direkti sin laŭ. (various references)

French

se soumettre � , se conformer � , se conformer, respecter (abide). (various references)

German

sich halten an (follow, keep in with, keep to, stick to). (various references)

Greek 

εμμένω (abide, adhere, adhere to, hang on, persevere, stick, stick to), τηρώ (observe), διαμένω με. (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"יות � אמן ל- (confide, hold true, stick to). (various references)

Hungarian

tartja magát valamihez (keep to the record), engedelmeskedik (obey, respond, to bend the neck, to comply, to obey, to submit, to toe the line, to toe the mark). (various references)

Italian

mantenere (earn one's living, entertain, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, shore up, support, sustain). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

服する (to abide by, to be subject to, to obey, to submit to), 判決に�"う (to abide by the verdict). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふくする (to abide by, to be subject to, to obey, to submit to), は�"けつにしたがう (to abide by the verdict). (various references)

Pig Latin

abideay ybay

Portuguese

persistir (abide, hold on, insist, live up to, persevere, persist), obedecer (comply, conform, follow, listen, mind, obey), cumprir (accomplish, achieve, carry out, comply with, fulfil, fulfill, implement, keep, obey, observe, perform, satisfy). (various references)

Romanian

accepta (accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, agree, approve, assent, assume, carry down, embrace, grant, hold, honor, honour, postulate, protect, receive, take, take in, take on), rãmâne credincios, menţine (continue, keep, keep on, maintain, remain, retain). (various references)

Russian 

следовать (befit, behoove, ensue, follow, follow upon, ought, pursue, result, run, supervene), твердо придерживаться (adhere), оставаться верным (cleave, stay put, stick by). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

povinovati se nečemu. (various references)

Spanish

atenerse a (abide, go by, hold to, stand by). (various references)

Swedish

stå fast vid (adhere, insist on), hålla sig till (keep to). (various references)

Turkish

uymak (accommodate oneself, accord, adapt, agree, answer, assort, become, chime, chime in with, coincide, comply, comply with, comport, conform, consist, consort, correlate, correspond, defer, do, do for, fall with, fit, follow, gear, go, go together, go with, harmonize, keep, keep to, match, mate, obey, observe, pertain, quadrate, respect, sort together, Square, square with, string along with, suit, tally, tally with, tone, work in with), tutmak (add up to, affect, Bate, be, bespeak, bind, book, catch, charter, check, choke, choke back, choke down, choke off, claw hold of, clench, clutch, cog, cohere, come to, confine, constrain, contain, cost, cramp, engage, Favor, favour, figure out at, fish, gather, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, guard, hang onto, hire, hire on, hold, hold back, hold in, hold on, hold on to, hold up, inhibit, intercept, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep to, occupy, play, play on, play upon, possess, redeem, remand, reserve, restrain, retain, save, seize, seize on, stanchion, stick, stick to, stifle, strangle, support, take, take up, tot up, total, uphold, withhold, work out at), bağlı kalmak (adhere, stick to). (various references)

Ukrainian

додержуватися (cling). (various references)

maneo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: babied.

-2 letters: abbey, abide, bayed, beady.

-3 letters: abbe, abed, abye, aide, babe, baby, bade, bead, bide, idea.

-4 letters: aby, aid, aye, bad, bay, bed, bey, bib, bid, bye, dab, day, deb, dey, dib, die, dye, ebb, yea, yid.

-5 letters: ab, ad, ae, ai, ay, ba, be, bi, by, de, ed, id, ya, ye.