adherent
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adherent
- /ædˈ(h)ɪə.ɹənt/ UK
- /əd-/ UK
- /ædˈ(h)ɪɹ.ənt/ US
- /əd-/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English adherent, from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerēns, present participle of adhaereō (“to stick to, cling”).
adjective more adherent · most adherent · adhærent
- 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.
- 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.
Similar: adhering
noun adherents · adhærent
- 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 remigrati
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adj adhesive
| Español | adherente |
|---|---|
| Português | aderente, adesivo |
| Deutsch | klebend, anhaftend |
| Română | aderent |
| Русский | кле́йкий kléjkij, ли́пкий lípkij |
noun a person who has membership in some group
| Español | adherente |
|---|---|
| Português | aderente |
| Français | adhérent |
| Deutsch | Mitglied, Anhänger |
| Italiano | aderente |
| Ελληνικά | οπαδός opadós |
| Română | aderent |
| Русский | приве́рженец privérženec, приве́рженка privérženka, сторо́нник storónnik, сторо́нница storónnica |
Talk about this word "adherent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/adherent. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. adherent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/adherent "adherent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/adherent.Cite this
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title = {adherent},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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