English UsageGrammar guide
Adhere To: Standard Pattern
Adhere To: Standard Pattern records the directly documented Cambridge construction and keeps the guidance bounded to the evidenced complement pattern rather than inventing a broader prohibition.
Cambridge documents “adhere to” for obeying or closely following a rule, standard, agreement, principle, or policy.
Key details
Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyphrasal-verb construction
Termsadhere to
Further guidance
Construction
Cambridge documents adhere to for continuing to obey, follow, believe in, or support a rule, standard, agreement, principle, or similar object.
Style Boundary
This page records the supported adhere-to construction and does not turn a documented phrasal verb into a universal rule for every sense of adhere.
Sources and evidence
Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.
- adhere to something — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Cambridge dictionary evidence for the phrasal-verb construction adhere to something.