Meaning

10 senses
  1. The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor.

    statt

  2. (figuratively)A place as it relates to a role, service, or ability; capacity.

  3. (figuratively, uncountable)A relational or circumstantial position; standing.

  4. (countable, figuratively)A place as it relates to situation, circumstance, or status; condition.

  5. (Singapore, colloquial)One's partner in a romantic relationship.

  6. (archaic, literary)A place, or spot, in general; location.

    Stätte

    ме́стоmésto

  7. (obsolete)A place where a person normally rests; a seat.

  8. (obsolete)An inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc.

  9. (archaic)An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead.

    Stadt, Stätte, Gehöft

    фе́рмаférma

  10. (obsolete)The frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.

    Statt, Gestell

More definitions
  • the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

Examples

10 sentences
  1. He went in his father's stead.

    deEr ging dort anstelle seines Vaters hin. — Haehnchenpaella

  2. He went there in his father's stead.

    deEr ging dort anstelle seines Vaters hin. — Haehnchenpaella

  3. If you can't come, send someone in your stead.

    ruЕсли не можешь прийти, пришли кого-нибудь вместо себя. — marafon

    deWenn du nicht kommen kannst, schicke jemand anderen. — Zaghawa

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  4. My anorak, such as it was, stood me in good stead.

    deMein Anorak, so verlottert er auch war, leistete mir gute Dienste. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I think that I should be doing it in your stead.

    deIch finde, ich sollte das statt deiner tun. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
a place, or spot, in general:
an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
the position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor:
a place, or spot, in general:
an estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead:
a frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead:

Origin

From Middle English sted, stede (noun) and steden (verb), from Old English stede, from Pro

From Middle English sted, stede (noun) and steden (verb), from Old English stede, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (“standing, location”). Doublet of stad.

Clipping of steady.

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