Dictionary entry details
• ADHERE (verb)
Meaning:
Be compatible or in accordance with
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
You must adhere to the rules
Hypernyms (to "adhere" is one way to...):
agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Follow through or carry out a plan without deviation
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
They adhered to their plan
Hypernyms (to "adhere" is one way to...):
carry out; follow out; follow through; follow up; go through; implement; put through (pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
cling; cohere; adhere; cleave; stick
Context examples:
The dress clings to her body / The label stuck to the box / The sushi rice grains cohere
Hypernyms (to "adhere" is one way to...):
adjoin; contact; meet; touch (be in direct physical contact with; make contact)
"Adhere" entails doing...:
attach (become attached)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "adhere"):
mold (fit tightly, follow the contours of)
conglutinate (stick together)
agglutinate (clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Be a devoted follower or supporter
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
adhere; stick
Context examples:
The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism / She sticks to her principles
Hypernyms (to "adhere" is one way to...):
adopt; espouse; follow (choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Be loyal to
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
stick by; stand by; adhere; stick
Context examples:
She stood by her husband in times of trouble / The friends stuck together through the war
Hypernyms (to "adhere" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Stick to firmly
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
stick to; hold fast; bond; bind; stick; adhere
Context example:
Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?
Hypernyms (to "adhere" is one way to...):
attach (become attached)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "adhere"):
bind (form a chemical bond with)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
