Adherence

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Other patient compliance issues include adherence to appointment schedules and time on dialysis. (references)
		Development of a reliable home-testing method is recommended, as well as measures to increase adherence. (references)
		The rationale for pretreatment strategies must be explained to encourage patient adherence to the therapy. (references)
Business		So far adherence to GMP is not accepted as confirmation of product conformity. (references)
		Availability and integrability of high- quality solutions, adherence to industry standards, vertical market experience, reliable pre-sales and after-sales service, training and timely delivery have also become crucial to ensuring customer satisfaction. (references)
		High quality solutions, adherence to industry standards, vertical market experience, reliable, highly-specialized pre-sales and after-sales service, adaptability to market conditions, value for money, training and timely delivery have also become crucial to ensuring customer satisfaction. (references)
Children	Angola	In July the Government began to implement a civil registration campaign to facilitate the adherence to the minimum age requirement of 18 years for military recruitment. (references)
	Korea	In June 1998, the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) released its concluding observations on a February 1996 report submitted by the Government, detailing its adherence to the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. (references)
	Mali	While primary school is compulsory, only 56 percent of children receive a basic education (46 percent for girls) because there is a low degree of adherence to the requirement for compulsory education, a lack of primary schools, poverty, cultural tendencies to place less emphasis on education for girls, and the fact that most of the population live in rural areas. (references)
Civil Liberties	Russia	Many Russians firmly believe that at least nominal adherence to the Russian Orthodox Church is at the heart of what it means to be Russian. (references)
	Cameroon	Many professors believe that adherence to opposition political parties can affect adversely their professional opportunities and advancement. (references)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	In this capacity, the IMC licenses broadcasters, manages and assigns frequencies for broadcasting, sets licensing fees, and enforces adherence to the code of practice. (references)
Economic History	Spain	Membership implies adherence to a number of ethical codes. (references)
	Greece	The decisive factor in government purchases is low price and strict adherence to specifications. (references)
	Maldives	Strict adherence to Islamic precepts and close community relationships have helped keep crime low and under control. (references)
Human Rights	Turkmenistan	In practice adherence to due process is not uniform, particularly in the lower courts in rural areas. (references)
	India	Magistrates appear to be complying with this directive, although states vary in their adherence to NHRC directives on custodial deaths. (references)
	Iran	Frustration over the slow pace of the murder investigation and doubt about the Government's willingness to investigate the case more fully have been frequent topics of criticism of the Government, particularly by those advocating greater adherence to the rule of law. (references)
Minorities	Iran	Applicants for public-sector employment are screened for their adherence to Islam. (references)
	Russia	Many citizens believe that at least nominal adherence to the Russian Orthodox Church is at the heart of what it means to be Russian, and Russian Orthodoxy is considered in conservative nationalist circles as the de facto official religion of the country. (references)
Political Economy	Iran	A Council of Guardians reviews all legislation passed by the Majles for adherence to Islamic and constitutional principles. (references)
Trade	Malaysia	But, adherence to Malaysia's national equity policy is mandatory. (references)
	Japan	Knowledge of, and adherence to, these standards and their testing procedures can be the key to making or breaking a sale. (references)
	Spain	Spain has adhered to the GATT code since 1963. In December 1994, Spain ratified adherence to the Marrakesh accord, which concluded the Uruguay Round of international trade negotiations and established the World Trade Organization. (references)
Travel	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia is a Muslim country that requires strict adherence to Islamic principles. (references)
	Uk	Prompt acknowledgment of correspondence, adherence to appointment schedules, and a greater formality in the conduct of business is the norm. (references)
	Kuwait	U.S. motorists should be careful of Kuwait's traffic conditions, which are often dangerous as a result of local drivers' fast driving, large vehicles and limited adherence to traffic regulations. (references)
Women	Malaysia	Women's groups noted the Code's detailed definition of sexual harassment and attempted to raise public awareness of the problem, but they criticized the fact that adherence to the code is voluntary and not legally binding. (references)
Worker Rights	Pakistan	There is a serious lack of adherence to mine safety and health protocols. (references)
	Kenya	Collective bargaining agreements must be registered with the Industrial Court in order to ensure adherence to these guidelines. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speeches: Adherence

Usage Frequency: Adherence

Expression: Adherence

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Adherence

Modern Translations: Adherence

Language		Translations for "adherence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		aanhanklikheid (affection, attachment). (various references)

Albanian		zbatim (appliance, application, effectuation, enforcement, execution, implementation, observance, prosecution), ndjekje (chase, follow up, persecution, prosecution, pursuance, pursuit), besnikëri (allegiance, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty). (various references)

Arabic		‏موالاة (sponsorship), ‏مشايعة, ‏التصاق (adhesion, cohesion), ‏إلتزام (binding, pledge), ‏إخلاص (allegiance, candor, candour, constancy, dedication, devotion, fidelity, genuineness, honesty, loyalty, sincerity, steadiness, trueness, trustfulness). (various references)

Bulgarian		спазване (abidance, adhesion, keeping, observation), вярност (adhesion, allegiance, constancy, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, justness, loyalty, troth), привързаност (affection, attachment, devotion, endearment, fondness), приобщеност, придържане (adhesion), последователност (coherence, coherency, cohesion, consecution, consistency, continuity, order, run, sequence, succession). (various references)

Chinese		紧持. (various references)

Czech		vìrnost (allegiance, constancy, devotion, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, troth, truth, truthfulness), oddanost (attachment, dedication, devotion, duty), lpìní. (various references)

Danish		adhaesion (adhesion, adhesiveness, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces), adhaesio (adhesion), adhaerence (adhesion), adhæsion (adhesion, bond, grip, gripping, purchase), vedhængning (adhesion, grip, purchase), tiltrædelse (adhesion to an existing contract), limfugestyrke (adherence strength, bond strength). (various references)

Dutch		adhesie (adhesion, adhesiveness, grip, gripping, purchase, sticking property, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces), adhaesio (adhesion), aankleving (grip, purchase), aanhankelýkheid (affection, attachement, attachment), verlijmingsechtheid (adherence strength, bond strength), verknochtheid (attachment, connection, related cases), verkleefdheid (attachment), trouwhartigheid (sincerity), trouw (faithful, loyal, nasty, upright), toetreding (accession, adhesion to an existing contract), toegenegenheid (affection, attachment), loyaliteit, getrouwheid, gehechtheid (attachment). (various references)

Farsi		هواخواهی (Devotion, Zealotry), چسبندگی (Cohesion, Stick, Tenacity), تبعیت (Allegiance), الصاق (Adhesion, Stick), دوسیدگی (Adhesion). (various references)

Finnish		sidoslujuus (adherence strength, bond strength), sidoksen lujuus (adherence strength, bond strength). (various references)

French		adhérence (adhesion, adhesiveness). (various references)

German		Festhalten (capture, cling, conventionalism, detain, emphasize, held, hold, hold down, hold on, hold on to, holding, intern, keep hold of, record, register, retain, to hold down, to hold tight, to retain), Anhaftung (adhesion, adhesions), Anhänglichkeit (devotion). (various references)

Greek		συγκόλληση (adhesion, adhesive, agglutination, brazed oe soldered joint, cable splicing, clumping, coalescence, solder, soldering, solding, splice, splicing, sticking, sticking together, union, weld, welding), πρόσφυση (accretion, adhesion, bond, grip, gripping, purchase, stickiness, sticking), προσκόλλησισ, προσκόλληση (adhesion, bonding), αντοχή συγκόλλησης (adherence strength, bond strength, cohesion between layers, interlaminar strength, resistance of welding seams to severing or cracking, welded joint strength). (various references)

Hebrew		�"תמכרות (devotion), �"�"בקות (adhesion, joining), �"�"בק�" (adhesion, attachment, glueing, joining, sticking), �"בקות (adhesiveness, attachment, devoutness), � אמ� ות (allegiance, confidence, fidelity, loyalty, reliability, troth, trust, trusteeship, trustiness, trustworthiness). (various references)

Hungarian		tapadás (adhesion, cohesion, cohesive hold, grip, insertion), ragaszkodás (affection, attach, attachment, clinging, fidelity, hugging, tenacity), pontos betartás, odaadás (devotion, wholeheartedness), hűség (faith, fidelity, loyalty). (various references)

Indonesian		anutan (conviction belief, fad), ketaatan (devotion, obedience). (various references)

Italian		aderenza (adhesion, bond, bonding, gripping), adesione (adhesion, adhesiveness, sticking property, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� 入 (admission, affiliation, becoming a member, entry, joining, signing, subscription), 墨守 , 固執 (insistence, persistence, stubbornness). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぼくしゅ, かにゅう (admission, affiliation, becoming a member, entry, joining, signing, subscription), �"しつ (chronic disease, eardrum, insistence, persistence, private room, stubbornness), �"しゅう (insistence, lonely contemplation, persistence, solitary boat, stubbornness). (various references)

Korean		부착 (Affixing, Attachment). (various references)

Manx		lhiantys (attachment). (various references)

Pig Latin		adherenceay

Portuguese		adesão (access, accession, adhesion, adhesion to an existing contract, bond, bonding, coherence, coherency, support), aderência (abrasion, accretion, adhesion, adhesiveness, bonding, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces). (various references)

Romanian		adeziune (adhesion, endorsement), aderenţã (adhesion, pick up), aderare (adhering, espousal, stick). (various references)

Russian		сцепление (adhesion, catenation, clutch, cohesion, concatenation, coupling, friction, hookup, linkage, traction), приверженность (partisanship), прилипание (adhesion, adhesions, sticking). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		privrženost (affection, attachment, commitment, commitment to, committal, committal to, devotion, loyalty), prianjanje (sticking), odanost (commitment, committal, devotion, evangelism). (various references)

Spanish		afectuosidad (affection, attachement, attachment), adhesión (accedence, accession, adhesion, adhesion to an existing contract, attachment, entry, key, strong adhesion, the state in which two surfaces are held together by interfacial forces which may consist of valence forces), adherencia (adhesion, adhesiveness, bite, bond, bonding, grip, gripping, sticking, sticking property, tenacity). (various references)

Swedish		vidhängande (adhesive), trohet (allegiance, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, truth), tillgivenhet (affection, attachment, devotion, fondness, lovingness), fogstyrka (adherence strength, bond strength), fastsittande (adherent, adhesion, attached, fixed), fasthållande (adhesion, clutching, holdfast, holding, insistence on), efterlevnad (degree of compliance, obedience, obedience level, observance, observation). (various references)

Turkish		yapışma (adhesion, bond, clinch, coherence, coherency, cohesion, conglutination), vefa (constancy, fidelity, trueness, truth), uyma (accommodation, adaptation, agreement, compliance, conformance, conformation, conformity, deference, fit, observance, respect), bağlılık (adhesion, allegiance, attachment, cementation, cohesion, cohesiveness, constancy, correlation, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, homage, interdependence, interdependency, loyalty, obedience, singleness, subordination, troth). (various references)

Ukranian		вірність (adhesion, allegiance, attachment, constancy, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, troth, validity), зчеплення (adhesion, catenation, clutch, coherence, concatenation, coupling, friction, hookup, linkage, linking), прихильність (acceptance, affectation, affection, benevolence, bias, committal, devotion, endearment, favour, good-liking, goodwill, grace, kindness, liking, sympathy). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự trung th� nh với, sự gắn bó với, sự dính chặt, sự bám chặt sự tham gia. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: Adherence

Rhyming with "Adherence"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "adherence" (pronounced udhi"runs)
6	-h i" r u n s	coherence, incoherence.
5	-i" r u n s	appearance, clearance, disappearance, interference, noninterference, perseverance, reappearance.
4	-r u n s	abhorrence, assurance, circumference, Clarence, entrance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, hindrance, insurance, preponderance, reassurance, recalcitrance, reinsurance, remembrance, teleconference, videoconference.
3	-u n s	abeyance, absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, acquiescence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, clairvoyance, coexistence, cognizance, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, intelligence, interdependence, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, relevance, reliance, reluctance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, vigilance, violence, virulence.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Anagrams: Adherence

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-e-h-n-r"
	-1 letter: careened.
	-2 letters: cheered, endarch, ranched, reached, recaned.
	-3 letters: achene, adhere, arched, careen, cedarn, chared, cheder, craned, dancer, decane, decare, decern, decree, drench, earned, echard, endear, harden, header, heeder, nacred, neared, needer, recane, recede.
	-4 letters: ached, acned, acred, arced, cadre, caned, caner, cared, cedar, ceder, cered, chard, chare, cheer, crane, creed, dance, denar, eared, eched, ender, hance, hared, heard, heder, hence, nacre, raced, rance, ranch, ranee, reach, redan.
	-5 letters: aced, ache, acne, acre, arch, cade, cane, card, care, carn, cede, cere, chad, char, dace, dare, darn, dean, dear, deer, dene, dere, dree, each, earn, eche, erne, hade, haed, haen, hand, hard, hare, head, hear, heed, herd, here, hern, narc, nard, near, need, nerd, race, rand, read, rede, reed, rend, rhea.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-e-h-n-r"
	+1 letter: adherences.
	+2 letters: rechanneled.
	+3 letters: chandeliered, cheerleading, rechallenged, rechannelled, underachieve.
	+4 letters: schadenfreude, underachieved, underachiever, underachieves.
	+5 letters: chickenhearted, farfetchedness, handkerchieves, indecipherable, schadenfreudes, undecipherable, underachievers.
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Domain	Definitions
Industry	The unit load, applied in tension, compression, flexure, peel(ing), impact, cleavage, or shear, required to break an adhesive assembly with failure occurring in or near the plane of the bond. Source: European Union. (references)
Tips from 1870	Usage: Adherence, Adhesion. These words were once interchangeable, but are now distinct. Adhesion relates to physical bodies; adherence to mental states. Source: Slips of Speech.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Coherence	Noun: coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness; concretion accretion; conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration; aggregation; consolidation, set, cementation; sticking, soldering; Verb: connection; dependence.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I admire you as a policeman, particularly your adherence to violence as a necessary adjunct to the job. (L.A. Confidential; writing credit: Brian Helgeland)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Adherence Issues in Sport and Exercise (reference) Adherence to Treatment in Medical Conditions (reference) Adherence, Compliance and Generalization in Behavioral Medicine (reference) Assessment of Immune Status by the Leukocyte Adherence Inhibition Test (reference) Candida Adherence to Epithelial Cells (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Abraham Lincoln	What is conservatism? It is not adherence to the old and tried, but against the new and untried?
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	This Annex shall be considered as an integral part of the present Treaty, and Germany declares her adherence to it. (reference)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	If the Western Democracies stand together in strict adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter, their influence for furthering those principles will be immense and no one is likely to molest them. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	A strict adherence to this policy has kept us aloof from the perplexing questions that now agitate the European world and have more than once deluged those countries with blood.
Martin van Buren	1837-1841	For myself, therefore, I desire to declare that the principle that will govern me in the high duty to which my country calls me is a strict adherence to the letter and spirit of the Constitution as it was designed by those who framed it.
Herbert C. Hoover	1929-1933	The reservations placed upon our adherence should not be misinterpreted.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	388	14,252

Expressions using "adherence": 2) adherence ♦ adherence strength ♦ adherence to ♦ adherence to principles ♦ Guideline Adherence ♦ Immune Adherence Reaction ♦ Leukocyte Adherence Inhibition Test. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "adherence": non-adherence.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day
adherence	22
hiv adherence	4
adherence treatment	2
medication adherence	2
adherence bacterial cell	2
adherence bacterial specific	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "adherence": adherences. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Adherence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adherance, adherece, adhorrence. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Adherence

Definitions: Adherence

Adherence

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Specialty Definitions: Adherence

Synonyms: Adherence

Synonyms within Context: Adherence

Coherence

Crosswords: Adherence

Modern Usage: Adherence

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Familiar Quotations: Adherence

Abraham Lincoln

Historic Usage: Adherence

Treaty of Versailles

Winston S. Churchill

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Speeches: Adherence

Andrew Jackson

Martin van Buren

Herbert C. Hoover

Usage Frequency: Adherence

Expression: Adherence

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Adherence

adherence

hiv adherence

adherence treatment

medication adherence

adherence bacterial cell

adherence bacterial specific

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