Meaning & use
stay
To remain in a particular place or condition rather than leaving or changing.
See it in a sentence
We decided to stay at the hotel one extra night because of the storm.
Please stay calm and move slowly toward the nearest exit.
A note on using this word
Stay is followed by an adjective to describe a continuing state, as in 'stay calm' or 'stay healthy,' without needing a linking verb like 'be.'
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A period of time spent in a particular place.
Their stay in Rome lasted just under a week.
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