adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a long-term/abiding interest (= an interest you have had for a long time )
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She has had a long-term interest in antiques.
an abiding/enduring/lasting memory (= that you will always have )
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The children's abiding memory of their father is of his patience and gentleness.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
memory
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An abiding memory of Baden is the harmony of the old town.
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His other abiding memory is a harrowing one.
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One abiding memory for me was on my first visit to his home in 1965.
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And the abiding memory of the eighties must be of the greatest achievement, the enormous increase in passenger traffic.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an abiding belief in the power of justice
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As a boy he had had an abiding curiosity about how things worked.
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His father had an abiding interest in nature.
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She had a basic and abiding belief in democratic systems.
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The internal security of his country was the President's other abiding concern.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All thoroughly unlawful but there is a limit to public patience when the law- abiding feel they are not protected by officialdom.
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And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
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But her abiding passions were medieval history and archaeology which she continued to study all her life.
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His other abiding memory is a harrowing one.
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It is guiding principle, abiding truth.
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This leaves no doubt as to the universal and abiding significance of the Kingdom concept.
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Why should law abiding citizens pay extra?