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abode1 nounabode2 verb abodea‧bode1 /əˈbəʊd $ əˈboʊd/ noun [countable] abode1Origin: 1200-1300 abide - And, it causes ice dams on a few unfortunate abodes.
- It was an abode of perfect blessedness.
- It was in some contrast to Jansher's abode in nearby Peshawar, but Mehboob and his family were happy.
- The 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act changed this, and only those born in Britain were henceforth automatically given the right of abode.
- The poets did not care to linger in that gloom-hidden abode.
- Therefore a rabbit has no fixed abode.
► no fixed abode a homeless person with no fixed abode (=no permanent home) ADJECTIVE► fixed· I was of no fixed abode, but I'd finished my time so they still let me go.· Consider too the vulnerability of the homeless person with no fixed abode.· Therefore a rabbit has no fixed abode.· Stephen Leach, 35, of no fixed abode, said nothing during the brief hearing before Liverpool magistrates.· For life here is junkie, is hooker is single-parent, is no fixed abode.· Both were said to be of no fixed abode, although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool. ► humble· To think that a man of so many millions should visit our humble abode. ► right of abode- That is six times the number to be offered the right of abode in the government's package.
- The 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act changed this, and only those born in Britain were henceforth automatically given the right of abode.
- This would have allowed the right of abode to all citizens in any part of the country.
► be of/have no fixed abode/address- Both were said to be of no fixed abode, although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool.
- I was of no fixed abode, but I'd finished my time so they still let me go.
► somebody’s humble abode- Welcome to our humble abode.
1formal someone’s home – sometimes used humorously: Welcome to my humble abode. a homeless person with no fixed abode (=no permanent home)2right of abode law the right to live in a countryabode1 nounabode2 verb abodeabode2 verb ► be of/have no fixed abode/address- Both were said to be of no fixed abode, although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool.
- I was of no fixed abode, but I'd finished my time so they still let me go.
► somebody’s humble abode- Welcome to our humble abode.
the past tense of abide |