Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A close physical union of two objects.

    сцепле́ниеsceplénije

  2. (countable, uncountable)Faithful support for some cause.

    Strict adherence to the rules is required.

    The project failed because of poor adherence to deadlines.

    Unterstützung

    приве́рженностьprivéržennostʹ

    faithful support for a cause or political party or religion

  3. (countable, uncountable)An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He did everything in adherence to the same mold.

  2. Only strict adherence to the rules will prevent chaos.

    ruТолько строгое соблюдение правил предотвратит хаос. — odexed

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  3. The W-H-O report says improving adherence to existing treatments may have better results than providing new medical technologies.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
union of two objects:
support for a cause:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
support for a cause:

Origin

From Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhærentia.

From Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhærentia.

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Forms

plural: adherences
Singularadherence
Pluraladherences

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • faithful support for a cause or political party or religion:attachmentadhesion
  • the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition:adhesivenessadhesionbond

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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