adhere to guidelines

Meaning

This formal phrase means to strictly follow, obey, or comply with a set of rules, policies, or standards. It is highly common in corporate, legal, medical, and administrative contexts where compliance is strictly monitored.

Examples

• All employees must adhere to the company's cybersecurity guidelines to prevent data breaches.

  All employees must adhere to the company's cybersecurity guidelines to prevent data breaches.

• Failure to adhere to safety guidelines may result in immediate termination of the contract.

  Failure to adhere to safety guidelines may result in immediate termination of the contract.

• The editorial team works hard to ensure all published articles adhere to strict journalistic guidelines.

  The editorial team works hard to ensure all published articles adhere to strict journalistic guidelines.

• When submitting your research paper, please ensure you adhere to the formatting guidelines.

  When submitting your research paper, please ensure you adhere to the formatting guidelines.

• The laboratory operates under strict protocols and must adhere to government guidelines.

  The laboratory operates under strict protocols and must adhere to government guidelines.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We must adhere the safety guidelines.

  ✓ We must adhere to the safety guidelines.

  The verb 'adhere' always requires the preposition 'to' when it means to follow rules or guidelines.

• ✗ Please adhere in the guidelines provided.

  ✓ Please adhere to the guidelines provided.

  'Adhere' takes the preposition 'to', not 'in' or 'with'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• To maintain our certification, our manufacturing plant must strictly ___ international quality guidelines.

  💡 Follow or comply with.

  Show answer

  adhere to

• It is crucial that all remote workers ___ the remote work security guidelines.

  💡 Obey or follow.

  Show answer

  adhere to