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
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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.
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Verbal · Sentence Equivalence
Modern editors have softened many passages that earlier audiences accepted without protest, finding blank what their grandparents had regarded as merely robust and good-humored.
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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