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See Also:

• past tense form of abide.
• past participle of abide.

abode

¹ American  

[uh-bohd] / əˈboʊd /

noun

1. a place in which a person resides; residence; dwelling; habitation; home.

2. an extended stay in a place; sojourn.

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abode ² American  

[uh-bohd] / əˈboʊd /

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of abide.

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abode ¹ British  

/ əˈbəʊd /

noun

1. a place in which one lives; one's home

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abode ² British  

/ əˈbəʊd /

verb

1. a past tense and past participle of abide

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Etymology

Origin of abode

1200–50; Middle English abood a waiting, delay, stay; akin to abide

Explanation

Your abode is where you live. The Queen of England's abode may be far from humble, but it's the home where she rests her weary crown at the end of each day. Though it is often humble, as in, "Welcome to our humble abode," an abode is just a formal way of describing your home. A British solicitor (lawyer) would also use the word abode to describe his office, and if he worked from his home the word would cover both his work and his residence. Interestingly, if you were to substitute the o in the middle of the word for a c, you'd have the first five letters of the alphabet — abcde.