ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sted

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Sted is a noun meaning (journalism, slang) short for instead of.

Meaning

(journalism, slang) short for instead of.

More Meanings

  1. Obsolete form of stead.

Example Sentences

And false Duessa in her sted had borne
But in the gloomy court was rais'd a bed, / Stuff'd with black plumes, and on an ebon sted
1500, Le Bone Florence of Rome They dud wyth hym as wyth þe dedd; They beryed hym in a ryall stedd.
(This version CORRECTS Corrects title of movie to ‘Echoes of the Rainbow’ sted ‘Echoes of a Rainbow.’)

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