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abode

noun
noun
BrE BrE//əˈbəʊd//
; NAmE NAmE//əˈboʊd//
[usually singular] (formal or humorous)
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the place where somebody lives homeless people of no fixed abode (= with no permanent home) You are most welcome to my humble abode. see also abide, right of abode Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivehumble verb + abodetake up your phrasesof no fixed abode, the right of abode See full entry Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘act of waiting’): verbal noun from abide.Extra examples I had been invited to take up my abode at Government House. Welcome to my humble abode. His sole residence is in a hostel for people of no fixed abode. The island’s citizens’ will not be given the right of abode in Britain.
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