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4 VERB If you stay away from a place, you do not go there. □ [V + from ] Government employers and officers also stayed away from work during the strike. □  Every single employee turned up at the meeting, even people who usually stayed away.

5 VERB If you stay out of something, you do not get involved in it. □ [V + of ] In the past, the U.N. has stayed out of the internal affairs of countries unless invited in.

6 PHRASE If you stay put , you remain somewhere. □  Nigel says for the moment he is very happy to stay put in Lyon.

7 PHRASE If you stay the night in a place, you sleep there for one night. □  They had invited me to come to supper and stay the night.

▸  stay in PHRASAL VERB If you stay in during the evening, you remain at home and do not go out. □ [V P ] Before we had our child the idea of staying in every night would have been horrific.

▸  stay on PHRASAL VERB If you stay on somewhere, you remain there after other people have left or after the time when you were going to leave. □ [V P ] He had managed to arrange to stay on in Adelaide. □ [V P ] …an allowance for poorer pupils who want to stay on at school.

▸  stay out PHRASAL VERB If you stay out at night, you remain away from home, especially when you are expected to be there. □ [V P ] That was the first time Elliot stayed out all night.

▸  stay up PHRASAL VERB If you stay up , you remain out of bed at a time when most people have gone to bed or at a time when you are normally in bed yourself. □ [V P adv/prep] I used to stay up late with my mom and watch movies.

sta y-at-home (stay-at-homes ) N‑COUNT [usu N n] If you describe someone as a stay-at-home , you mean that they stay at home rather than going out to work or travelling. □  71 percent of households do not include a stay-at-home parent.

stay|ca|tion /ste I ke I ʃən/ (staycations ) also stacation N‑COUNT A staycation is a holiday that you spend in your own home or your own country, relaxing and enjoying leisure activities there. [INFORMAL ] □  The great British staycation is back in fashion with more British holidaymakers choosing not to jet off to the sun but to stay at home instead.

sta y|ing pow|er also staying-power N‑UNCOUNT If you have staying power , you have the strength or determination to keep going until you reach the end of what you are doing. □  Someone who lacks staying power and persistence is unlikely to make a good researcher.

sta y of ex|ecu |tion (stays of execution ) N‑COUNT If you are given a stay of execution , you are legally allowed to delay obeying an order of a court of law. [LEGAL ]

STD /e s tiː diː / (STDs ) N‑COUNT [usu N n] STD is an abbreviation for 'sexually transmitted disease'. [MEDICAL ] □  …an STD clinic.

stead /ste d/

1 PHRASE If you do something in someone's stead , you replace them and do it instead of them. [FORMAL ] □  We hope you will consent to act in his stead.

2 PHRASE If you say that something will stand someone in good stead , you mean that it will be very useful to them in the future. □  My years of teaching stood me in good stead.

stead|fast /ste dfɑːst, -fæst/ ADJ If someone is steadfast in something that they are doing, they are convinced that what they are doing is right and they refuse to change it or to give up. □ [+ in ] He remained steadfast in his belief that he had done the right thing.

steady ◆◇◇ /ste di/ (steadier , steadiest , steadies , steadying , steadied )