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- [stey]
- /steɪ/
- /steɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [stey]
- /steɪ/
Definitions of staying word
- verb without object staying (of a ship) to change to the other tack. 1
- verb with object staying to support or secure with a stay or stays: to stay a mast. 1
- verb with object staying to put (a ship) on the other tack. 1
- noun staying any of various strong ropes or wires for steadying masts, funnels, etc. 1
- idioms staying in stays, (of a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel) heading into the wind with sails shaking, as in coming about. 1
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Origin of staying
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English staien < Anglo-French estaier, Old French estai-, stem of ester < Latin stāre to stand
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Parts of speech for Staying
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
staying popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
staying usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for staying
adj staying
- aeonian — everlasting
- around the clock — continuing without pause or interruption: an around-the-clock guard on the prisoner.
- continual — A continual process or situation happens or exists without stopping.
- old — far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
- left — of, relating to, or located on or near the side of a person or thing that is turned toward the west when the subject is facing north (opposed to right).
noun staying
- arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
adjective staying
- occupying — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
Antonyms for staying
noun staying
- avigation — aerial navigation.
- awol — If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
- awols — a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
- beguilement — to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
- castoff — thrown away; discarded; abandoned
adj staying
- momentary — lasting but a moment; very brief; fleeting: a momentary glimpse.
adjective staying
- migrative — Of, pertaining to, or causing migration.
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