- a period of staying; a visit
- I enjoyed my stay in Prague.
- an overnight stay
- In recent years the average hospital stay for elderly patients has decreased.
Extra ExamplesTopics Holidaysa2- It poured throughout their stay.
- She has extended her stay by three days.
- We did a lot of walking during our stay.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lengthy
- long
- prolonged
- …
- enjoy
- shorten
- extend
- …
- during a/the stay
- throughout a/the stay
- the duration of somebody’s stay
- the length of somebody’s stay
- a rope or wire that supports a ship’s mast, a pole, etc. see also mainstay
Word Originnoun sense 1 late Middle English (as a verb): from Anglo-Norman French estai-, stem of Old French ester, from Latin stare ‘to stand’. noun sense 2 Old English stæg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stag, from a base meaning ‘be firm’.
Idioms
See stay in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee stay in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englisha stay of execution
- (law) a delay in following the order of a court
- to grant a stay of execution
- There will be no stay of execution and few mourners for this concrete tower block, due to be demolished next month.
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