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stay

/steɪ/ /steɪ/
verb Regular verbstay stayed
  1. 1
    kalmak

    To continue to be in the same place and not leave.

    • I will stay at home tonight.
      Bu gece evde kalacağım.
    • Please stay here until I return.
      Ben dönene kadar lütfen burada kalın.
  2. 2
    (… olarak) kalmak, olmaya devam etmek

    To continue to be in a particular state or condition.

    • The weather will stay cold until the weekend.
      Hava hafta sonuna kadar soğuk kalacak.
    • Try to stay calm and listen to me.
      Sakin kalmaya çalış ve beni dinle.
  3. 3
    konaklamak, misafir olmak

    To live in a place for a short time as a visitor or a guest.

    • We stayed in a small hotel near the sea.
      Denize yakın küçük bir otelde konakladık.
    • My cousin is staying with us for a week.
      Kuzenim bir haftalığına bizde misafir.
  4. 4
    (bir işte) devam etmek, ayrılmamak

    To continue doing a job, a course of study or an activity and not leave it.

    • She stayed with the same company for thirty years.
      Otuz yıl aynı şirketten ayrılmadı.
    • Young people should stay in education as long as possible.
      Gençler eğitime olabildiğince uzun süre devam etmeli.

Verb Forms Regular

Base stay
/steɪ/
Past stayed
/steɪd/
Participle stayed
/steɪd/
Spelling rule

Vowel + y: add ‑edstay → stayed

Fiil sesli harf + y ile bittiği için y değişmez, sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: play → played · enjoy → enjoyed · obey → obeyed

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil sesli bir sesle bittiği için -ed /d/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. stayed /steɪd/

Synonyms

remainwaitcontinuekeeplodge

Antonyms

leavego (word)depart

Collocations

stay at homestay in bedstay for dinnerstay the nightstay at a hotelstay with friendsstay calmstay awakestay in touchstay upstay out of somethingbe here to stay

Related Words

remainvisitguesthotel

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