stay

stay is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

station - stay - step

Pronunciation

enPR: stā, IPA ^(key): /steɪ/
SAMPA: /steI/
Audio (US) (file)

Verb

Plain form
stay

Third-person singular
stays

Past tense
stayed

Past participle
stayed

Present participle
staying

(intransitive) When you stay somewhere, you do not move from there.
Whenever I am tired I stay in bed.

He stayed at our house for two weeks.

Noun

Singular
stay

Plural
stays

(countable) A stay is a period of time when someone does not move from a location.
He had a stay in the country for a year.

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