1
: the place where one lives : home
were reluctant to leave their lifelong abode
Welcome to my humble abode.
2
: a temporary stay : sojourn
… if any such dares to continue his abode in a family where his coming was an unauthorized intrusion …Walter Scott
3
obsolete : wait, delay

Examples of abode in a Sentence

welcome to my humble abode
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Located about 15 minutes outside of the historic Western film-worthy downtown core and perched high in the Mountain Village neighborhood, the one-of-a-kind abode was designed by Tom Conyers Architects and built in 2015 by Gerber Construction, with interior design by Thomas Hamel and Associates. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2025 Per investigators, he is suspected of using fire escape stairs in the rear of Khan's residential building to enter the actor's abode. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 The rapper bought the neighboring plots from former Fox Corp. legal officer Viet Dinh in an off-market deal, so not a lot is publicly known about the abode. Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 9 Jan. 2025 After leaving the White House in 1981, former President Jimmy Carter spent his next 43 years living in a much more modest abode. Tom Huddleston Jr.,sarah Berger, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for abode 

Word History

Etymology

Middle English abade, abode, from bade, bode "stay, delay" (going back to Old English bād "expectation, period of waiting," probably going back to Germanic *baiđ-, noun derivative from the base of *bīđ- "wait, bide") crossed with abiden "to abide"

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Time Traveler
The first known use of abode was in the 13th century

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“Abode.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abode. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

abode

noun
: the place where one stays or lives

Legal Definition

abode

past and past participle of abide

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