stay - English word #401

Translation

To keep being in one place and not go away.

Word origin

From Old French estai, a form of the verb ester meaning to stand or stay, going back to Latin stare.

Verb typeregular (stay, stays, stayed)

Please until .

"Stay" means to keep being in one place.

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

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"Stayed" is the past form of "stay".

go

To move or travel from one place to another.

leave

To go away from a place or person, or to let something stay where it is.

keep

To have or hold something and not let it go, or to make something stay the same.

wait

To stay in one place or do nothing until something happens or someone comes.

live

To have your home in a place, or to be alive.

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