stead
To help, support, benefit or assistTo help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful.
» He went in his father's stead.
Er ging dort anstelle seines Vaters hin. — Haehnchenpaella
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2 senses(obsolete)To help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful.
helfen
помога́тьpomogátʹ, соде́йствоватьsodéjstvovatʹ, быть поле́знымbytʹ poléznym
(obsolete)To fill the stead or place of something.
ersetzen
Examples
10 sentencesHe went in his father's stead.
deEr ging dort anstelle seines Vaters hin. — Haehnchenpaella
He went there in his father's stead.
deEr ging dort anstelle seines Vaters hin. — Haehnchenpaella
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
My anorak, such as it was, stood me in good stead.
deMein Anorak, so verlottert er auch war, leistete mir gute Dienste. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I think that I should be doing it in your stead.
deIch finde, ich sollte das statt deiner tun. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English sted, stede (noun) and steden (verb), from Old English stede, from ProFrom 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.
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Forms
steads, steading, steaded, steadedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle