transcription, транскрипция: [ steɪ ]
( stays, staying, stayed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you stay where you are, you continue to be there and do not leave.
‘Stay here,’ Trish said. ‘I’ll bring the car down the drive to take you back.’...
In the old days the woman stayed at home and the man earned the money.
VERB : V adv / prep , V adv / prep
2.
If you stay in a town, or hotel, or at someone’s house, you live there for a short time.
Gordon stayed at The Park Hotel, Milan...
He tried to stay a few months every year in Scotland.
VERB : V prep / adv , V n
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Stay is also a noun.
An experienced Indian guide is provided during your stay.
N-COUNT : usu supp N
3.
If someone or something stays in a particular state or situation, they continue to be in it.
The Republican candidate said he would ‘work like crazy to stay ahead’.
...community care networks that offer classes on how to stay healthy...
= remain
V-LINK : V adv / prep , V adj
4.
If you stay away from a place, you do not go there.
Government employers and officers also stayed away from work during the strike...
Every single employee turned up at the meeting, even people who usually stayed away.
= keep
VERB : V away from n , V away
5.
If you stay out of something, you do not get involved in it.
In the past, the UN has stayed out of the internal affairs of countries unless invited in...
VERB : V out of n
6.
If you stay put , you remain somewhere.
Nigel says for the moment he is very happy to stay put in Lyon.
PHRASE : V inflects
7.
If you stay the night in a place, you sleep there for one night.
They had invited me to come to supper and stay the night.
PHRASE : V inflects