Stead

Quick meaning: Stead is a noun meaning (of a person or thing) The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor.

Meaning

(of a person or thing) The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) A place as it relates to a role, service, or ability; capacity.
2. (figurative, uncountable) A relational or circumstantial position; standing.
3. (figurative, countable) A place as it relates to situation, circumstance, or status; condition.
4. (archaic or literary) A place, or spot, in general; location.
5. (obsolete) A place where a person normally rests; a seat.
6. (obsolete) An inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc.
7. (archaic) An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead.

Example Sentences

Anthropology in India started in a different stead than what was the situation of its emergence in other countries.

Had Daniel Ortega not got himself illegally on to this year’s ballot to seek a third term, his wife might have run in his stead.

He had intended to create diamonds with his experiments, but the accidental discovery of such amazingly explosive chemical reactions served him in a different stead.

One may not expect to entirely stop the oncoming energy but the outgoing stands in a different stead, for in this a certain amount of ruling is possible by the native.

Word Forms

• steads
• steading
• steaded

Synonyms for stead

Depending on context, synonyms include position, lieu, place.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include place, position, lieu, room, seat, rise.

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