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staying Definition på svenska

0 present participle of stay --
1 to not move away from or leave a place or situation: --
- Because of the snow, children were told to stay at home.
- Can you stay after work to play tennis?
- Stay until the rain has stopped.
- They need an assistant who is willing to stay for six months.
2 to continue doing something, or to continue to be in a particular state: --
- They stayed friends after their divorce.
- The shops stay open until nine o' clock.
- Put a lid on the pan so the food will stay hot.
- It was so warm we stayed (out) in the garden until ten that night.
- The final figures showed that most departments had stayed within budget.
- He decided not to stay in teaching/medicine/the army.
- Stay away from the edge of the cliff.
3 to live or be in a place for a short time as a visitor: --
- I still stay with my parents.
- We've arranged to stay overnight at my sister's house.
- My kids usually stay with their grandparents for a week in the summer.
- They said they'd stay at/in a hotel.
- I stayed in Montreal for two weeks then flew home.

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American parties have shown a remarkable though elusive staying power.
Without the effects of government, a parent would have more 'discretionary time' staying at home than going out to work.
Those older than 40 at the time of the reform could choose between staying in the old system and joining the mixed system.
In popular and political discourse it has become synonymous with staying married.
Staying in the house for a long weekend you tend to drift into the rhythm of the day that a villa reveals to us all.
Threats would have been considerably diminished by simply staying put in a safe cave.
The decisive factor is not the exact relationship but who is staying in the house.
It is an interesting counterpoint to hear about one group among whom fellowship is based on the daily struggle of staying sober.