adhere
to stick firmly to a surface or to follow and support a rule or belief
Word origin: From Latin adhaerere, to stick to (ad- to plus haerere to cling).
Adhere in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing adhere in a sentence.
Members were expected to adhere strictly to the code of conduct.
Reviewers rejected the manuscript because it failed to adhere to the journal's standards for statistical reporting.
Using “adhere” well
Adhere works both literally, to stick to a surface, and figuratively, to follow a rule or belief faithfully. In the figurative sense it is followed by to, as in adhere to a policy.
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