adherent
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Definition of adherent
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Adhesive, sticking to something.
“Close to the cliff with both his hands he clung And stuck adherent, and suspended hung.”
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adj
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Adhesive, sticking to something.
“Close to the cliff with both his hands he clung And stuck adherent, and suspended hung.”
- Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
- Attaching or pressing against a different organ.
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Showing adherence to a treatment.
“Half (49.9%) of patients were adherent to their regimens, 42.6% were underadherent, and 7.6% had medication oversupply.”
noun
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A person who has membership in some group, association, or religion.
“While the concept of remigration has long existed in academia, its hijacking by the far right on social media appears to have begun about a decade ago when French adherents to identitarianism, an ethno-nationalist movement, organised what they described as the inaugural meeting in Paris on remigration.”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Latin adhaerēnsder. Old French adherentbor. Middle English adherent English adherent From Middle English adherent, from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerēns, present participle of adhaereō (“to stick to, cling”).
Words you can make from adherent
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Best play neatherd 12 points7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
31 words- ADHERE 10 pts
- DEARTH 10 pts
- HANDER 10 pts
- HANTED 10 pts
- HARDEN 10 pts
- HATRED 10 pts
- HEADER 10 pts
- HEATED 10 pts
- HENTED 10 pts
- THREAD 10 pts
- AETHER 9 pts
- ANTHER 9 pts
- ETHANE 9 pts
- HEATER 9 pts
- HEREAT 9 pts
- NETHER 9 pts
- REHEAT 9 pts
- THENAR 9 pts
- ANTEED 7 pts
- ARDENT 7 pts
- DERATE 7 pts
- EARNED 7 pts
- ENDEAR 7 pts
- NEARED 7 pts
- RANTED 7 pts
- REDATE 7 pts
- RENTED 7 pts
- TEARED 7 pts
- TENDER 7 pts
- ENTERA 6 pts
- NEATER 6 pts
5-letter words
39 words- DEATH 9 pts
- HARED 9 pts
- HATED 9 pts
- HEARD 9 pts
- HEDER 9 pts
- EARTH 8 pts
- ETHER 8 pts
- HATER 8 pts
- HEART 8 pts
- NEATH 8 pts
- RATHE 8 pts
- THANE 8 pts
- THERE 8 pts
- THREE 8 pts
- ANTED 6 pts
- DATER 6 pts
- DENAR 6 pts
- DERAT 6 pts
- DETER 6 pts
- EARED 6 pts
- ENDER 6 pts
- RATED 6 pts
- REDAN 6 pts
- TARED 6 pts
- TRADE 6 pts
- TREAD 6 pts
- TREED 6 pts
- TREND 6 pts
- ANTRE 5 pts
- ARENE 5 pts
- ARETE 5 pts
- EATEN 5 pts
- EATER 5 pts
- ENATE 5 pts
- ENTER 5 pts
- RANEE 5 pts
- RENTE 5 pts
- TERNE 5 pts
- TREEN 5 pts
4-letter words
68 words- AHED 8 pts
- HADE 8 pts
- HAED 8 pts
- HAND 8 pts
- HARD 8 pts
- HEAD 8 pts
- HEED 8 pts
- HERD 8 pts
- EATH 7 pts
- HAEN 7 pts
- HAET 7 pts
- HANT 7 pts
- HARE 7 pts
- HART 7 pts
- HATE 7 pts
- HEAR 7 pts
- HEAT 7 pts
- HENT 7 pts
- HERE 7 pts
- HERN 7 pts
- RATH 7 pts
- RHEA 7 pts
- TAHR 7 pts
- THAE 7 pts
- THAN 7 pts
- THEE 7 pts
- THEN 7 pts
- DARE 5 pts
- DARN 5 pts
- DART 5 pts
- DATE 5 pts
- DEAN 5 pts
- DEAR 5 pts
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- DEET 5 pts
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- DREE 5 pts
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- NEED 5 pts
- NERD 5 pts
- RAND 5 pts
- READ 5 pts
- REDE 5 pts
- REED 5 pts
- REND 5 pts
- TEED 5 pts
- TEND 5 pts
- TRAD 5 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
- NEAR 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- RANT 4 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TARN 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
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3-letter words
46 words- DAH 7 pts
- EDH 7 pts
- HAD 7 pts
- ETH 6 pts
- HAE 6 pts
- HAT 6 pts
- HEN 6 pts
- HER 6 pts
- HET 6 pts
- NAH 6 pts
- NTH 6 pts
- RAH 6 pts
- THE 6 pts
- AND 4 pts
- DAN 4 pts
- DEE 4 pts
- DEN 4 pts
- END 4 pts
- RAD 4 pts
- RED 4 pts
- TAD 4 pts
- TED 4 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
2-letter words
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