Meaning

2 senses
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, on.

    How does your hat manage to stay on in such strong wind?

    The light stays on even if there's a power outage.

  2. (idiomatic)To continue in a place or situation, while others leave.

    Some of her friends decided it was time to go home, but she wanted to stay on in there until sunrise.

    After the trial period, she was asked to stay on and work full-time.

    continue in a place, position, or situation

Examples

200 sentences
  1. Stay on this side of the yellow line.

    Залишайся на цьому боці від жовтої лінії. — deniko

  2. He rarely stays home on Sunday.

    ruОн редко остаётся дома по воскресеньям. — odexed

    deEr bleibt am Sonntag selten zu Hause. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. You'd better stay on your guard.

  4. Tom rarely stays home on Monday.

  5. Tom will stay home on Monday.

    ruТом останется дома в понедельник. — sharptoothed

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsstayed on

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stay on

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

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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