stay on

stay on
verb
continue in a place, position, or situation (Freq. 5)
-

After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser

-

Stay with me, please

-

despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year

-

She continued as deputy mayor for another year

• Syn: ↑stay, ↑continue, ↑remain
• Derivationally related forms: ↑continuation (for: ↑continue), ↑stay (for: ↑stay)
• Hypernyms: ↑be
• Hyponyms: ↑bide, ↑abide, ↑stay, ↑hold over
• Verb Frames:
-

Somebody ——s

-

Somebody ——s PP

* * *

stay on
To remain, tarry after the normal or expected time for departing
• • •
Main Entry: ↑stay

* * *

ˌstay ˈon [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they stay on he/she/it stays on present participle staying on past tense stayed on past participle stayed on] phrasal verb
to remain at a job, school, or place for longer than you had intended to

James promised to stay on for six months.

Thesaurus: to remain in a place or situationsynonym
Main entry: stay

* * *

continue to study, work, or be somewhere after others have left

75 percent of sixteen-year-olds stay on in full-time education

* * *

stay on [phrasal verb]
1 : to continue to work at a job

She thought about retiring, but she finally decided to stay on for a few more years.

After she graduated, she stayed on at the college, working in the alumnae office.

2 stay on (something) : to continue taking (a medication, drug, etc.)

I have to stay on the antibiotics for a full two weeks.

• • •
Main Entry: ↑stay

* * *

ˌstay ˈon derived
to continue studying, working, etc. somewhere for longer than expected or after other people have left

•

She's staying on at university to do research.

•

We hope he will stay on as manager at the end of his contract.

Main entry: ↑stayderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Stay — may refer to:General* Stays (nautical), the heavy ropes, wires, or rods on sailing vessels that run from the masts to the hull * Guy wire, a metal wire used to support tall structures, such as radio masts * Bone (corsetry), one of the rigid parts …   Wikipedia

  • stay — 1 vt stayed, stay·ing: to temporarily suspend or prevent by judicial or executive order may not grant an injunction to stay proceedings in a state court U.S. Code stay 2 n: a temporary suspension or injunction of an action or process by a usu.… …   Law dictionary

  • Stay — Stay, n. [Cf. OF. estai, F. [ e]tai support, and E. stay a rope to support a mast.] 1. That which serves as a prop; a support. My only strength and stay. Milton. [1913 Webster] Trees serve as so many stays for their vines. Addison. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stay — «Stay» Сингл Дэвида Гетта совместно с …   Википедия

  • stay — Ⅰ. stay [1] ► VERB 1) remain in the same place. 2) remain in a specified state or position. 3) live somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest. 4) Scottish & S. African live permanently. 5) stop, delay, or prevent. 6) …   English terms dictionary

  • Stay — (st[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stayed} (st[=a]d) or {Staid} (st[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Staying}.] [OF. estayer, F. [ e]tayer to prop, fr. OF. estai, F. [ e]tai, a prop, probably fr. OD. stade, staeye, a prop, akin to E. stead; or cf. stay a rope …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stay — UK US /steɪ/ verb [I] ► to not move away or leave: stay for 2 days/2 weeks/2 years, etc. »They need an assistant who is willing to stay for six months. stay at work/home »We stayed at work until 10 pm. stay in/on sth »She will stay on the board… …   Financial and business terms

  • Stay — (st[=a]), v. i. [[root]163. See {Stay} to hold up, prop.] 1. To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still. [1913 Webster] She would command the hasty sun to stay. Spenser. [1913 Webster] Stay, I… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stay — stay1 [stā] n. [ME staie < OE stæg, akin to Du stag < IE * stāk , to stand, place < base * sta : see STAND] a heavy rope or cable, usually of wire, used as a brace or support, as for a mast of a ship; guy vt. to brace or support with a… …   English World dictionary

  • Stay — puede referirse a: “Stay”, una canción de Nick Jonas The Administration del album Who I Am. “Stay, la canción de Pink Floyd, del año 1972, de su álbum Obscured by Clouds. “Stay”, clásico de Maurice Williams y sus covers (ejemplo el de Cyndi… …   Wikipedia Español

  • stay in — To remain at home • • • Main Entry: ↑stay * * * ˌstay ˈin [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they stay in he/she/it stays in …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”