Meaning

3 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To remain where one is, whilst others leave.

    zurückbleiben

    остава́тьсяostavátʹsja, оста́тьсяostátʹsja, заде́рживатьсяzadérživatʹsja

  2. (idiomatic)To remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment.

    nachsitzen

    остава́тьсяostavátʹsja, оста́тьсяostátʹsja

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, behind.

Examples

78 sentences
  1. I'll have to stay behind.

    Мені треба буде лишитися позаду. — deniko

  2. Tom stayed behind.

    Том лишився позаду. — deniko

    deTom blieb zurück. — pne

  3. I stayed behind to help Tom.

  4. We stayed behind to help Tom.

    ruМы задержались, чтобы помочь Тому. — odexed

  5. Tom stayed behind to help Mary.

    ruТом остался, чтобы помочь Мэри. — Wezel

    deTom blieb zurück, um Mary zu helfen. — pullnosemans

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to remain where one is, whilst others leave:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to remain where one is, whilst others leave:
to remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment:

Forms

stays behind, staying behind, stayed behind, stayed behind
Base formstay behind · to stay behind
3rd person singularstays behind
Present participlestaying behind
Past simplestayed behind
Past participlestayed behind

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystay behind
he, she, itstays behind

Past simpleLesson

all personsstayed behind

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stayed behind
he, she, ithas stayed behind

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stay behind

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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