abiding

Continuing or persisting in the same state: lasting, enduring; steadfast.

Adjective

  1. Continuing or persisting in the same state: lasting, enduring; steadfast.
    • an abiding belief
    • a deep and abiding hatred of wealth
    • However, one abiding weakness with such data collection is that people’s beliefs about their speech habits may not necessarily tally with reality. - 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New...

Origin

Present participle or participial adjective from abide (verb) + -ing; or, from Middle English participle form of abiden, abyden (“to abide”).

Forms

more abiding most abiding

Synonyms

diuturnal prolonged

Derived

abidingly abidingness nonabiding unabiding

Noun

  1. The action of one who abides; the state of an abider.
  2. An abode.

Origin

From Middle English abydynge, abidynge, -inge [verbal noun of abiden, abyden (“to abide”)], from Old English abīdung; or, verbal noun from abide (verb) + -ing.

Forms

abidings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of abide
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:abiding.

Derived

abiding-place