Helen Fenton

Adherence: Definition and part of speech

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Adherence

  1. n. The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions.
  2. n. The quality or state of adhering.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Adhere: Definition and part of speech

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Adhere

  1. v. i. To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.
  2. v. i. To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
  3. v. i. To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.