Kilo Lingo

/steə/

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Translation

To look at someone or something for a long time without moving your eyes.

Word origin

From Old English starian, meaning to gaze fixedly.

Origin
Old English
Root
starian

Grammar

Verb typeregular (stare, stares, stared)

Examples

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To stare is to look for too long without looking away.

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"Stared" is the past form of "stare".

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"Stares" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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