adhere

See also adhère, and adhéré

English

Alternative forms

• adhære (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin adhaerere, adhaesum; ad + haerere (“to stick”): compare French adhérer.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ædˈhiɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Verb

adhere (third-person singular simple present adheres, present participle adhering, simple past and past participle adhered)

1. (intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
2. (intransitive) To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.
3. (intransitive) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.

Related terms

• adherent
• adherence
• adhesive
• cohere
• inhere

Antonyms

• cleave

Translations

To stick fast or cleave

• Bulgarian: прилепвам (bg) (prilepvam), прилепвам се (bg) (prilepvam se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粘附 (cmn) (niánfù), 黏著 (cmn), 黏着 (cmn) (niánzhuó), 附著 (cmn), 附着 (cmn) (fùzhuó)

• Dutch: kleven (nl), plakken (nl)
• Finnish: kiinnittyä (fi), tarttua (fi)
• French: goobok (fr), goobok (fr) m
• German: kleben (de)

• Indonesian: melekat
• Japanese: くっ付く (ja) (くっつく, kuttsuku), 付く (ja) (つく, tsuku)
• Russian: приклеиваться (ru) (prikléivat’sja) impf., приклеиться (ru) (prikléitʹsja) pf., прилипать (ru) (prilipátʹ) impf., прилипнуть (ru) (prilípnutʹ) pf.
• Spanish: pegarse (es), adherirse (es)
• Swedish: fästa (sv) (vid)
• ǃXóõ: dtʻkxʻàba

To hold, be attached, or devoted

• Bulgarian: оставам верен (bg) (ostavam veren)
• Dutch: vasthouden (nl), aanhangen (nl)
• Finnish: pitää kiinni

• Russian: придерживаться (ru) (pridérživatʹsja) impf., оставаться верным (ru) (ostavátʹsja vérnym)
• Swedish: hålla fast (sv) (vid), hålla (sv) sig till

To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree

• Bulgarian: спазвам (bg) (spazvam), съблюдавам (bg) (sǎbljudavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遵守 (cmn) (zūnshǒu), 堅持 (cmn), 坚持 (cmn) (jiānchí), 固守 (cmn) (gùshǒu)

• Dutch: samenhangen (nl)
• Finnish: noudattaa, pitää kiinni

• French: adhérer (fr)
• German: sich (an etwas) halten (de), befolgen (de), festhalten (de)
• Russian: придерживаться (ru) (pridérživatʹsja) impf., соблюдать (ru) (sobljudátʹ) impf.
• Spanish: adherirse a (es), cumplir con (es)
• Swedish: hålla fast (sv) (vid), hålla (sv) sig till

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• Korean: 붙어있다
• Ido: adherar
• Novial: adhere

• Turkish: yapışmak

Anagrams

• header
• hedera

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Latin

Verb

adhērē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of adhēreō