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abiding

adjective

abid·​ing ə-ˈbī-diŋ How to pronounce abiding (audio)
: continuing for a long time : enduring
an abiding interest in nature
abidingly adverb

Example Sentences

I have an abiding interest in animal welfare—it's not just a phase I'm going through.
Recent Examples on the Web His most abiding ambition is to write a greeting card. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 29 June 2022 Andrew’s relationships with his mother (Leslie Mann) is deep and abiding — and a bit complicated. Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022 There's family tragedy, struggle with drugs and deep poverty, but there's also children with a plucky spirit, adults who grapple for purchase against all odds and an abiding love that will stay with you for a long time. Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 14 June 2022 The memoir imparts an abiding sense of the gravity of these acts—of raising, tending, and killing animals; of planting, nurturing, and harvesting vegetables—that lends an almost sacred quality to Gaydos’s prose. Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 More than a century after American forces landed, the United States remains an abiding feature of Haitian politics. New York Times, 20 May 2022 Carson wanted not just to entertain but also to impart an abiding sense of interconnectedness. Anelise Chen, The Atlantic, 17 May 2022 Who among us doesn’t harbor an abiding love for Nicolas Cage? Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022 That is a potent charge in a country with an abiding fear of Russia. New York Times, 26 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English abydynge, from present participle of abiden "to abide"

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of abiding was in the 15th century

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