hold to

English

Verb

hold to (third-person singular simple present holds to, present participle holding to, simple past held to, past participle held to or (archaic) holden to)

1. To share or subscribe to (a belief, etc.).

   I do not hold to their radical opinions.

2. To adhere strongly to (a conviction, story, etc.).

   to hold to one's original story

   Despite contrary admonitions, they held to their fundamentalist Christian views.

3. To compel (someone) to remain faithful to (a commitment, moral standard, etc.).

   Jill holds her grandfather to her own standards and finds them wanting.

Derived terms

• hold to account
• hold someone's feet to the fire

Translations

share a belief

• Italian: condividere (it), aderire a, sottoscrivere (it)

adhere strongly to

• Italian: restare fedele a, aderire a mantenere (it), confermare (it)

compel someone to remain faithful to

• Italian: vincolare a

Further reading

• “hold to”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “hold to”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “hold to”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “hold to” (US) / “hold to” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.