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Meaning of Staying | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent
ˈsteɪ.ɪŋ

Definitions

A stay or visit.

Equivalents

العربية إقامة البقاء
Ελληνικά παραμονή
Suomi pysyminen
日本語 ステイ 在中 在支 在日 逗留
Српски ostanak останак
Türkçe kalan

Examples

“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, […]”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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