Betekenis van stayed In het Nederlands

• 0 past simple and past participle of stay

• 1 to not move away from or leave a place or situation:

  • They need an assistant who is willing to stay for six months.

  • Stay until the rain has stopped.

  • Can you stay after work to play tennis?

  • Because of the snow, children were told to stay at home.

• 2 to continue doing something, or to continue to be in a particular state:

  • Stay away from the edge of the cliff.

  • He 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.

• 3 to live or be in a place for a short time as a visitor:

  • I stayed in Montreal for two weeks then flew home.

  • They said they'd stay at/in a hotel.

  • My kids usually stay with their grandparents for a week in the summer.

  • We've arranged to stay overnight at my sister's house.

  • I still stay with my parents.