abode

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UK /əˈbəʊd/ US /əˈboʊd/

noun 4verb 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

humble

My grandparents spent their final years in a humble abode on the edge of town.

VERB + ABODE

take up your

After retiring, my grandparents decided to take up their abode in a quiet village by the coast.

PHRASES

of no fixed abode

The charity provides shelter for people of no fixed abode in the city center.

the right of abode

After living abroad for years, she finally obtained the right of abode in her new country.

Definitions

noun

Act of waiting; delay.

Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode.

Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]

You behold, Sir, how he waxeth Wroth at your Abode here.

A residence, dwelling or habitation.

of no fixed abode

Come let me lead you to our poor Abode.

noun

An omen; a foretelling.

High-thundering Juno's husband, stirs my spirit with true abodes.

verb

To bode; to foreshow; to presage.

The night-crow cried, aboding luckless time

To be ominous.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — housing that someone is living in

noun — any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

residence

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode.

Wiktionary

You behold, Sir, how he waxeth Wroth at your Abode here.

Wiktionary

High-thundering Juno's husband, stirs my spirit with true abodes.

Wiktionary

The night-crow cried, aboding luckless time

Wiktionary

What do you think of our new abode?

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, abode is marked as obsolete, dated, formal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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