Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hold with

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English

Syllables: hold with
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To approve of, to condone.

verb

To agree with someone (to be in harmony about an opinion or perspective).

American usage

Example Sentences

"I don't hold with that sort of thing!"
""Did you have any lunch?" "I don't hold with regular meals." "Did you have a book?" "I don't hold with books in the open. None of the older men read." "Did you commune with yourself, or don't you hold with that?""
""[…] I like Henrietta, but I don’t hold with murder […]”"
"While I washed up I told Bert about my parents getting a divorce. He said he didn’t hold with divorce. He said he was married for thirty-five miserable years so why should anybody else get away with it?"
"I hold with Aristotle on ethics."
"It is clear that Rabh holds with the first teacher and Samuel holds with R. Simeon b. Gamaliel, but whom does R. Assi's opinion agree with?"

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

holds with (present, singular) holding with (participle, present) held with (participle, past) held with (past)

Questions

What does hold with mean?: To approve of, to condone.

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