adheres
Sayad-HEERZUS/ædˈhɪɹz/UK · AUS/ædˈhɪəz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of adhere.
The new coating adheres tightly to metal even in wet conditions.
Our crew adheres to strict safety procedures on every site.
Note
A present-tense form that never takes a direct object. Every meaning of adhere is intransitive, so whatever is stuck to or followed comes after a preposition such as to. The one verb covers a coating that holds fast to metal, a person devoted to a belief or principle, an account that agrees with the facts, and the narrower act of affirming a judgment. Only context tells these apart.
adheres is a form of adhere
adhere, verb: To remain attached or devoted to a person, belief, or principle. Full entry
- Spelling
- adhere → adheres: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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