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(ædhɪəʳ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense adheres, present participle adhering, past tense, past participle adhered
1. verb
If you adhere to a rule or agreement, you act in the way that it says you should.
All members of the association adhere to a strict code of practice. [VERB + to]
It is only when safety procedures are not strictly adhered to that catastrophes occur. [VERB to noun]
2. verb
If you adhere to an opinion or belief, you support or hold it.
If you can't adhere to my values, then you have to find another place to live. [VERB + to]
3. verb
If something adheres to something else, it sticks firmly to it.
Small particles adhere to the seed. [VERB + to]
This sticky compound adheres well on this surface. [VERB adverb/preposition]
[Also VERB]

adhere in British English

(ədˈhɪə)
verb (intransitive)
1. (usually foll by to)
to stick or hold fast
2. (foll by to)
to be devoted (to a political party, cause, religion, etc); be a follower (of)
3. (foll by to)
to follow closely or exactly
adhere to the rules
▶ USAGE See note at adhesion
Derived forms
adherence (adˈherence)
noun
Word origin
C16: via Medieval Latin adhērēre from Latin adhaerēre to stick to

adhere in American English

(ædˈhɪr; ədˈhɪr)
verb intransitiveWord forms: adˈhered or adˈhering
1. 
to stick fast; stay attached
2. 
to stay firm in supporting or approving
to adhere to a leader, to adhere to a plan
SIMILAR WORDS:  stick
Derived forms
adherer (adˈherer)
noun
Word origin
L adhaerere < ad-, to + haerere, to stick

Examples of 'adhere' in a sentence
adhere

All companies storing card data must adhere to payment card industry security standards to ensure data is protected.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Let us proceed from the feature of prohibition which adheres so closely to religion.
Greeley, Andrew M. Sociology and Religion: A Collection of Readings (1995)
How closely must people adhere to socialist thought?
Kishlansky, Mark A. (editor) Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginningto 1715 (1995)
You will also have to adhere to your fair usage policy and download limits.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Separation must be adhered to on both sides for it to work.
Turner, Janine Behind Closed Doors - advice for families with violence in the home (1988)
Its members must adhere to a code of conduct.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
To qualify for organic status, farmers must adhere to strict limits on artificial fertilisers and pesticides.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It must be adhered to at all times, and must become second nature.
Jan Fennell, Foreword by Monty Roberts THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend (2002)
It still adhered to its policy of putting on works in German translation.
Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since1945 (2003)
At that time he was still adhering to an all-consuming fitness and health drive.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Drivers must also adhere to a standardised fare system, while illegal taxi stands are to be demolished.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
B&Bs for instance must adhere to strict safety standards, but consumers know they are making a choice.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Some chains still adhere to a loose definition of scratch baking, but in a vastly altered sense.
Joanna Blythman SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets (2004)
The early new Labour programme to which he still adheres was the product of the lessons he learnt from defeat.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Of course, there are certain minimum standards to which companies must adhere but it is the culture within a company that defines it.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He will also have to adhere to the diet I set him.
The Sun (2016)
Food processors too will also have to adhere to the Guild's monitoring system.
Lashford, Stephanie The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food (1988)
In Wales, there are electrical parameters that must be adhered to.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Foreign fishermen, who are not part of this agreement, also adhere to it as it makes sense.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Your colleagues who do not require a test will not be in charge of a vehicle, but they will also have standards they must adhereto.
The Sun (2015)
The nature of the war, too, apparently freed troops from adhering closely to the normal laws of war.
Mcinnes, Colin & Sheffield G.D (eds.) Warfare in the Twentieth Century (1988)
He who draws the first, let him first make choice of a life, to which he must of necessity adhere.
Stewart, R J Music and the Elemental Psyche: A Practical Guide to Music and Changing Consciousness (1987)

In other languages
adhere

British English: adhere VERB
If you adhere to a rule or agreement, you act in the way that it says you should.
All members of the association adhere to a strict code of practice.
  • American English: adhere
  • Brazilian Portuguese: aderir
  • Chinese: 遵守
  • European Spanish: adherirse
  • French: adhérer
  • German: befolgen
  • Italian: attenersi
  • Japanese: 厳守する
  • Korean: 준수하다
  • European Portuguese: aderir
  • Latin American Spanish: adherirse

Chinese translation of 'adhere'

adhere

(ədˈhɪəʳ)

vi

  1. adhere to (frm, = stick to) 粘附 (niánfù)
  2. (fig, = abide by) [rule, decision, treaty] 遵守 (zūnshǒu)
  3. (= hold to) [opinion, belief] 坚(堅)持 (jiānchí)
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