Antonyms for staying


Grammar : Verb
Spell : stey
Phonetic Transcription : steɪ


Definition of staying

Origin :
  • "to remain," mid-15c., from Middle French estai-, stem of ester "to stay or stand," from Old French, from Latin stare "to stand" (cf. Italian stare, Spanish estar "to stand, to be"), from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Originally "come to a halt;" sense of "remain" is first recorded 1570s.
  • Noun senses of "appliance for stopping," "period of remaining in a place," and (judicial) "suspension of proceeding" all developed 1525-1550. Stay-at-home (adj.) is from 1806. Stay put is first recorded 1843, American English. "To stay put is to keep still, remain in order. A vulgar expression" [Bartlett]. Phrase stay the course is originally (1885) in reference to horses holding out till the end of a race.
  • verb wait
  • verb visit
  • verb hold in abeyance
Example sentences :
  • I shall be staying with Aunt Cornelia a few days after to-morrow.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • She came several times, staying half an hour, an hour, two hours.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Austin had come down for Whitsuntide, and a lady was staying in the house.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • She understood that Robin had been staying in Sidmouth for his health.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • I told him that I was staying with the Indian Runi, his neighbour.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • On that, the brute inquired with honeyed accents where they were staying.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • "My business prevents me from staying at the hotel," Anthony explained.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • She was in Pendleton, she wrote, staying comfortably in their home.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • There was nothing they could gain by staying, he knew, now that Baumberger was out of it.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • The Patriarch insisted on his staying to dinner, and Flora signalled 'Yes!'
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for staying

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