Meaning

3 senses
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, up.

    These trousers are too big around the waist. They won't stay up.

  2. (intransitive)To remain awake; to not go to bed.

    My plane leaves at 6:00 in the morning, so I plan to stay up until then and sleep on the plane.

    She stayed up past her bedtime.

    aufbleiben, durchmachen

    бо́дрствоватьbódrstvovatʹ

    not go to bed

  3. (euphemistic, intransitive)To maintain an erection.

    He told his lover he has a problem staying up.

Examples

439 sentences
  1. Mary stayed up late last night.

    Вчора Мері не лягала спати допізна. — ChickenKiev

    ruМэри поздно легла спать вчера. — Gruzilkin

    deMary ist gestern Abend lange aufgeblieben. — Esperantostern

  2. I often stay up all night.

    Я часто не сплю всю ніч. — deniko

    ruЯ часто не сплю всю ночь. — marafon

    deIch bleibe oft die ganze Nacht wach. — al_ex_an_der

  3. He stayed up late last night.

    Він залишився до кінця минулої ночі. — zaytsev126

    ruОн задержался допоздна вчера вечером. — Snark

    deEr blieb letzte Nacht lange wach. — riotlake

  4. I wasn't able to stay up all night.

    Я не зміг не спати всю ніч. — deniko

  5. Tom says he stayed up all night studying.

    Том каже, що він всю ніч не спав і вчився. — deniko

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
remain awake:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
remain awake:

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsstayed up

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stay up

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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