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adherence

/ədˈhɪə.ɹəns/US/ədˈhɪɹ.əns/

adherence noun: a close physical union of two objects.

Noun

adherence (countable and uncountable, plural adherences)

  1. A close physical union of two objects.
  2. Faithful support for some cause.
    • Strict adherence to the rules is required.
    • The project failed because of poor adherence to deadlines.
  3. An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
  4. (Scots law) The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.

adherence meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Sanskrit

adherence in Tamil

ஒட்டி யொழுகல், ஒழுகு, கடைப்பிடித்தல், பற்றிணைவு, பின்பற்று, ஒட்டுப் பண்பு

adherence in Urdu

adherence, rectitude, uprightness
استقامت isteqāmat

adherence in Sanskrit

adherence, attachment, inclination or devotion to, indulgence in, fondness for, gratification of, occupation or intercourse with
प्रसङ्ग prasaṅga

Examples of adherence in a sentence

  • Your emergency scenario test next week will require strict chronological adherence to OPQRST procedures.
  • Due to her strict adherence to her daily schedule, Jessica was becoming more and more convinced that she was an automaton.
  • However, after two years, participants showed a decrease in adherence to recommended diet and increased glycemia.

All 26 example sentences with adherence

Forms of adherence

pluraladherences
alternative form (archaic)adhærence

Origin of adherence

From Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhærentia.

Words formed from adherence

Questions about adherence

What does adherence mean?
Adherence means a close physical union of two objects.
What is adherence in Tamil?
Adherence in Tamil is ஒட்டி யொழுகல், ஒழுகு, கடைப்பிடித்தல். See Adherence meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is adherence?
Adherence is a noun.
How do you pronounce adherence?
Adherence is pronounced /ədˈhɪə.ɹəns/ (UK).
What is the plural of adherence?
The plural of adherence is adherences.

Words near adherence in the dictionary

  1. adherance
  2. Adherbeijan
  3. Adherbijan
  4. adhere
  5. adhered
  6. adherence
  7. adherences
  8. adherencies
  9. adherency
  10. adherend
  11. adherends

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: adherence (page history and authors); adherence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); استقامت (Urdu) (page history and authors); प्रसङ्ग (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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