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Meaning stay meaning

What does stay mean?
Definitions in simple English

stay

When you stay, you do not move from where you are. Whenever I am tired I stay in bed. He stayed at our house for two weeks.

stay

A stay is a period of time when someone does not move from a location. He had a stay in the country for a year.

stay

(= remain, rest) stay the same; remain in a certain state The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it rest assured stay alone He remained unmoved by her tears The bad weather continued for another week (= stick, stick around, stay put) stay put (in a certain place) We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati Stay put in the corner here! Stick around and you will learn something! dwell You can stay with me while you are in town stay a bit longer--the day is still young (= stay on, continue, remain) continue in a place, position, or situation After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser Stay with me, please despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year She continued as deputy mayor for another year remain behind I had to stay at home and watch the children stop or halt Please stay the bloodshed! continuing or remaining in a place or state they had a nice stay in Paris a lengthy hospital stay a four-month stay in bankruptcy court (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset) a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court fasten with stays stop a judicial process The judge stayed the execution order (= ride out) hang on during a trial of endurance ride out the storm (= quell) overcome or allay quell my hunger (= remain) stay behind The smell stayed in the room The hostility remained long after they made up (= arrest, check, halt, stop) the state of inactivity following an interruption the negotiations were in arrest held them in check during the halt he got some lunch the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow he spent the entire stop in his seat

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Conjugation stay conjugation

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stay · verb

Examples stay examples

How do I use stay in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I'd like to stay for one night.
Stay here with us.
I'd rather stay home than go alone.
We plan to stay a week.
I'd rather stay here.
Yes, but you do not have to stay to the end.
It is very fine today so I would rather go out than stay at home.
I plan to stay here for three days.
I'll stay there till six o'clock.
My doctor told me to stay at home for a week.
It is important for old people to stay strong.
It's a lot easier to fall in love than to stay in love.
I'll stay until tomorrow.
How long did you stay?
I'm sorry, I can't stay long.
I have so much work that I will stay for one more hour.
Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
Though his stay in Europe was transient, Spenser felt he had learned much more about interactions with other people from traveling than he did at college.
I won't put a pistol against anybody's chest in order to stay in Barcelona.
Can I stay at your place? I have nowhere to go.
If you don't want to stay alone, I can keep you company.
You are to stay here until we come back.
It would be better for you to stay in bed today.
Will you stay at home?
You will stay at home.

Movie subtitles

Stay still!
Stay with me, Mark!
Nanali, I'll clean it up right away, so stay right there.
If we want to stay alive, our village needs to lay low and not attract any attention.
You have to stay indoors, Nabulungi!
Just stay inside, and do not open the door for anyone!
That I was wrong, and I'm gonna stay here and stick to my work!
But Heavenly Father has shown me I need to stay here!
Screw the Church! Why don't we stay?
I can't believe Johnny's gonna just stay out in the woods.
But I don't need to stay.
I mean, she's probably not gonna talk to me for the rest of the time, if she does stay.
Yes, we were, and thank you for letting me stay.
Just, whatever happened, I don't think it's safe for you to stay out here.
And Henk went to Leiden, and from time to time we received news about his stay, the people at Leiden, the things that were going on there.
Stay.
You wanted everyone to stay where they belonged.
Stay a while.
Don't stay there. You have plenty of room. Spread it out!
I'll leave with the kids if you want to stay.
We have to stay, change these people, give them laws, civilize them.
You want them to stay ignorant so you can dominate them.
How long will that boy stay in our home?
You're coming to Algiers, to stay with me.
They are delighted by their stay.
He's decided to stay in Paris and changed his name.
Where will you stay?
They like to stay mobile, launching from different spots, using different methods.
Stay back.
We've really need to stay positive.
Two stay, two go and get help.
Or stay?
You two stay here, if the driver comes back, just all stay with the car, all right?
I think I'm going to stay out here a little longer.
Guys, come on, we should stay together, yeah?
You and me, we'll stay together, yeah?
Just stay out of the way.
Just stay out of the way!
Scott, you need to stay away from me right now.
Just stay out of my way!

News and current affairs

Germans certainly use this argument to stay out of the action wherever possible.
No one should doubt that Kuchma intends to stay in power, no matter what.
Public transport was halted, trains to and from the city were stopped, shops and business closed, and citizens were told to stay home.
In order to become cheaper, a country's inflation rate must stay below that of its competitors, but that can be accomplished only through an economic slump.
He managed to stay at the helm for over forty years with no serious challengers.
Moreover, there seems no obvious way to speed up the process of convincing the Arabs that Israel is here to stay except by making this war of attrition as costly as possible for them.
If not, stay out.
He (or she) will have to stay in Iraq, engage in the Israel-Palestine conflict on the side of Israel, confront a tougher Russia, deal with an ever more ambitious China, and face the challenge of global warming.
Unfortunately, though, so long as some countries like China, Germany, Japan, and the oil exporters pump surplus goods into the world economy, not all countries can trim their spending to stay within their means.
As economists Ronald Schettkat and Richard Freeman have pointed out, career women do not necessarily work more hours per week than women with part-time jobs or stay-at-home moms.
Women use those benefits anyway, whether they are stay-at-home moms or perform paid work outside the home.
If the Constitution is rejected, the British, having chosen to stay out of that grouping, may find that they have maneuvered themselves into an even more remote outer circle of Europe.
Ansari was accompanied by Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who, during her stay, signed an agreement allowing China - without any quid pro quo - to establish industrial parks in India.
Most people everywhere prefer to stay home, or return home, rather than live in permanent exile. Kimchi is simply not as good in Los Angeles as in Pusan, nor is chapathi as good in Manchester as in Hyderabad.
Israeli Jews are bound to stay in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and Israeli Arabs are bound to stay in Israel proper.
So the dollar would have to stay at its current level to continue to create the large trade deficit and resulting capital inflow.
The greatest danger is that the Jasmine Revolution could go the way of Romania's anti-communist uprising of 20 years ago, with the old regime's underlings expelling their bosses in order to stay in power.
His embrace of the right to his truth, which is the artist's task, is nonetheless remarkable, given that he is working in an environment in which part of the creative process involves trying to stay alive.
Until then, China's quest for international respect is set to remain elusive and Tibet is likely to stay on the world's agenda.
Second, bankruptcy reform is needed to allow homeowners to write down the value of their homes and stay in their houses.
If they stay on the tried and tested path of those who have gone before, there is every chance that I will.
Black carbon is essentially the soot produced by diesel emissions, and - in developing countries - by the burning of organic matter to cook food and stay warm.

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