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Spell Bee Word: Adhere

Adhere (verb): to stick firmly to a surface. It can also mean to follow a rule or belief closely.


What does adhere mean?

Word: Adhere

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Adhere means to stick firmly to a surface. It can also mean to follow a rule or belief closely.

Synonyms: stick, cling, follow, obey

Antonyms: disobey, ignore

How do you spell adhere?

Syllables: ad - here

Tricky part: It ends in here, as in right here, not hear or heer.

Watch out for: adheer, adhear, adheere

Memory tip: Glue makes the sticker stay right here, and the word ends in here.

Adhere in a sentence

Example 1: Students must adhere to the school's rules about mobile phones.

Example 2: The poster would not adhere to the damp wall.

Example 3: Our cook adheres strictly to Grandma's recipe for lentil soup.

Fun Fact

Adhere comes from the Latin haerere, to stick. Hesitate comes from the same verb: a person who hesitates seems stuck for a moment.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

adhere

a) fasten
b) attach
c) detach
d) bond

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c) detach. To detach is to pull something off, the opposite of making it stick.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) adhere
b) interfear
c) sincier
d) persivere

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a) adhere. Sincere ends in cere, persevere has an e after the s, and interfere ends in fere.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Every team must addhere to the rules of the tournament, or it will lose points.

a) team
b) addhere
c) tournament
d) points

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b) addhere. The word starts ad, with a single d, as in admire.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which pupil adheres to the class rules?

a) Tom, who runs in the corridor
b) Leela, who never does her homework
c) Arun, who talks during tests
d) Nina, who always queues for the tap

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d) Nina, who always queues for the tap

2. Which noun means a person who supports a belief or a leader?

a) adherent
b) adhesive
c) adherence
d) adhesion

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a) adherent

Associated Words

Words that end in -here: stratosphere, atmosphere, elsewhere, biosphere, hemisphere

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: cling, follow, obey, disobey, ignore

More words from this list

beneficial, conservation, earmark, gimmick, larva, orthodontist, sacrifice, triumphant

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