Abode Meaning
/əˈbəʊd/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAct of waiting; delay.
nounStay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
Sentence Examples
What do you think of our new abode?
I bid thee a happy voyage to thine abode.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After living in a tent, they finally moved into a permanent ____ near the river.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The humble ____ was located deep within the forest.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English abod, abad, from Old English *ābād, related to ābīdan (“to abide”); see abide. Cognate with Scots abade, abaid (“abode”). For the change of nouns, compare abode, preterite of abide.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode."
— 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.viii:
"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[…]"
— 1661, John Fell Summary, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond:
"You behold, Sir, how he waxeth Wroth at your Abode here."
— 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume 2, London: Millar, →OCLC, page 289:
"The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
"Come let me lead you to our poor Abode."
— 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, London: s.n., →OCLC, page 236:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After living in a tent, they finally moved into a permanent ____ near the river.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The humble ____ was located deep within the forest.