English-German translation for "bide"

"bide" German translation

bide
[baid]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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  • erwarten, abwarten
    bide obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
    bide obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
examples
  • (einer Sache) (einerSache) begegnen, trotzen, widerstehen
    bide withstand poetic, poetically | poetisch, dichterischpoet
    bide withstand poetic, poetically | poetisch, dichterischpoet
  • ertragen, ausstehen
    bide endure obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobsor | oder od dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
    bide endure obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobsor | oder od dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
bide
[baid]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i

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  • bleiben, beharren, verharren
    bide poetic, poetically | poetisch, dichterischpoet
    bide poetic, poetically | poetisch, dichterischpoet
examples
  • to bide bysomething | etwas sth
    beisomething | etwas etwas beharren, zusomething | etwas etwas stehen,something | etwas etwas als gültig anerkennen
    to bide bysomething | etwas sth
  • harren, warten
    bide wait obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobsor | oder od dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
    bide wait obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobsor | oder od dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
to bide one’s time
seine Zeit abwarten
to bide one’s time
Aber im Zuge ihres zunehmenden demografischen Vorteils müssen sie vielleicht nur abwarten.
But they may have to do no more than bide their time, as their demographic advantage grows.
Source: News-Commentary
Sie warten ab, bis die ausländischen Wichtigtuer wieder abgezogen sind.
They are going to bide their time until these foreign busybodies have left.
Source: Europarl
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