/steɪ/
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.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- estai
Grammar
Examples
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"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".
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Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
Phrasal-prepositional verbs: look forward to, put up with and the other three-part verbs
Phrasal verbs: 100 examples with meanings
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Present continuous tense: form, spelling and uses
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Time clauses in English: when, while, as soon as, until, before and after
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
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