stay
To not leave a place; to keep being there.
To continue to be in the same place without moving away.
To keep being the same way or feeling the same way.
To continue to be in the same condition or situation.
The time you spend in a place as a visitor or guest.
A period of time spent living or visiting somewhere temporarily.
To officially stop a legal action for a time.
To stop or delay a legal judgment or process temporarily.
- Base: stay
- Plural: stays
- Base: stay
- 3rd Person Singular: staves, stays
- Present Participle: staying
- Past: staid, stayed
- Past Participle: stayed
stay in touch
1Continue communicating with someone
To keep talking or writing to someone over time.
- Let's stay in touch after graduation.
- They stayed in touch even after moving to different cities.
stay out of trouble
1Avoid causing problems or danger
To not do anything wrong or dangerous that can make problems for you.
- Stay out of trouble while I'm gone.
- He's trying to stay out of trouble at school.
stay put
1Not move from place
To not move from where you are.
- Stay put until I call you.
- She told her dog to stay put.
stay up
1Remain awake late
To not go to bed when you usually do; to keep awake.
- We stayed up all night talking.
- She likes to stay up late on weekends.
stay ahead (of)
1Remain more advanced than others
To keep being better or faster than others.
- We need to work hard to stay ahead of our competitors.
- We need to stay ahead of our competitors.
- She studies daily to stay ahead in class.
- She works hard to stay ahead in her studies.