abiding
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Present participle or participial adjective from abide (verb) + -ing; or, from Middle English participle form of abiden, abyden (“to abide”).
Adjective edit
abiding (comparative more abiding, superlative most abiding)
- Continuing or persisting in the same state: lasting, enduring; steadfast. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
- an abiding belief
- a deep and abiding hatred of wealth
- 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, , page 9:
- However, one abiding weakness with such data collection is that people’s beliefs about their speech habits may not necessarily tally with reality.
Synonyms edit
- diuturnal, prolonged; see also Thesaurus:lasting
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Verb edit
abiding
- present participle and gerund of abide
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English abydynge, abidynge, -inge [verbal noun of abiden, abyden (“to abide”)],[2] from Old English abīdung;[3] or, verbal noun from abide (verb) + -ing.
Noun edit
abiding (plural abidings)
- The action of one who abides; the state of an abider. [First attested from around 1150 to 1350.][1]
- (obsolete) An abode. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the early 17th century.][1]
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abiding”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.
- ^ “abīding, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018, retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ Stratmann, Francis Henry, Bradley, Henry (1891) “abīding, sb.”, in A Middle-English Dictionary Containing Words Used by English Writers from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Century, new edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2