stay
verb [I usually + adv/prep, L] (CONTINUE) /steɪ/Definition
B1 to continue doing something, or to continue to be in a particular state: Stay away from the edge of the cliff. He's decided not to stay in teaching/medicine/the army. The final figures showed that most departments had stayed within budget. It was so warm we stayed (out) in the garden until ten that night. Put a lid on the pan so the food will stay hot. The shops stay open until nine o' clock. They stayed friends after their divorce.Keeping and staying the sameNot able to be changed
(Definition of stay verb (CONTINUE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- consistency noun (BEING THE SAME)
- consistent adjective (NOT CHANGING)
- continuum noun
- control noun (IN AN EXPERIMENT)
- fastness noun (FIXED)
- fixed adjective (FASTENED)
- flat adjective (FIXED)
- flat adjective (PROFITS)
- leave verb (REMAIN)
- leave well alone idiom
- level off phrasal verb
- peg verb (FIX)
- remain verb
- stability noun
- stabilize verb
- stable adjective
- unchanged adjective
- undisturbed adjective
- wallow in sth phrasal verb (REMAIN UNHAPPY)
- wouldn't have it any other way idiom
Topic:
Keeping and staying the same
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