noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
good
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These shoes had stood him in good stead .
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Insomnia would stand him in good stead in this expanse of knee-high cover.
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However, it is one that, if you take the trouble to learn properly, will stand you in good stead .
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Those contacts, he says, still serve him in good stead today.
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As I developed I became a big bloke and that stood me in good stead .
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This habit of work, which is by now natural to me, has stood me in good stead .
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It is not the only time my profound knowledge of football has stood me in good stead .
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It stood them in good stead again in 1976 when drought caused many villages to be supplied with stand pipes.
■ VERB
serve
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Those contacts, he says, still serve him in good stead today.
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But her beloved circus may have served her in better stead than regular outings to, say, the ballet.
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The class would later serve Amelia in good stead , giving her her first practical knowledge of how engines worked.
stand
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These shoes had stood him in good stead .
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This habit of work, which is by now natural to me, has stood me in good stead .
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I've experienced more now, and it's going to stand me in good stead .
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A man-made clock would certainly prove a useful accessory to astronomical reckoning but could never stand in its stead .
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Now we had moved on to bigger and better things, this predictability still stood us in good stead .
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The change in the secretary general is likely to stand her in good stead with committee Chairman Jesse Helms, R-N.
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James had armed himself with the sword of Robert the Bruce, but it stood him in poor stead .
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Her impartiality stood me in good stead .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A man-made clock would certainly prove a useful accessory to astronomical reckoning but could never stand in its stead .
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If some one would die in Admetus' stead , he could live.
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If you develop good habits they will stand you in good stead in your business and managerial career.
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The 356 series was about to die and in its stead was coming the 911.
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The change in the secretary general is likely to stand her in good stead with committee Chairman Jesse Helms, R-N.
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These shoes had stood him in good stead .
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They have stood the Royal Navy in good stead .
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Those contacts, he says, still serve him in good stead today.