Staying
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsteɪ.ɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Staying is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of stay.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of stay.
More Meanings
- A stay or visit.
Example Sentences
The years that follow are chiefly noteworthy for his intercourse with four clever girl cousins called Southall, and sundry stayings at Moseley with a cheery, literary old grandmother[…]
But he found it strange to think […] of all these little things that cluster round the comings, and the stayings, and the goings, that he would know nothing of them, nothing of what they had been, as long as he lived, […]
Word Forms
- stayings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bide, abide, continue, persist, remain, detain.
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