Meaning

6 senses
  1. The act of stealing.

    Diebstahl, Raub

    кра́жаkráža

  2. (figuratively, slang)A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price; the act of buying it.

    Near-synonyms: bargain, good value, value for money

    At this price, this car is a steal.

    Schnäppchen

  3. A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.

  4. A stolen base.

  5. Scoring in an end without the hammer.

  6. A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.

More definitions
  • a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
  • an advantageous purchase

Examples

3239 sentences
  1. Some of the money was stolen.

    Частину грошей було вкрадено. — aandrusiak

    ruЧасть денег была украдена. — Biga

    deEin Teil des Geldes wurde gestohlen. — MUIRIEL

  2. My car was stolen last night.

    Мою машину було вкрадено минулої ночі. — ChickenKiev

    ruМою машину вчера ночью украли. — shanghainese

    deMein Auto ist letzte Nacht gestohlen worden. — Sudajaengi

  3. Someone has stolen all my money.

    Хтось украв всі мої гроші. — ChickenKiev

    ruКто-то украл все мои деньги. — Hellerick

    deJemand hat mir mein ganzes Geld gestohlen. — al_ex_an_der

  4. He had his car stolen yesterday.

    Вчора вкрали його машину. — deniko

    ruВчера украли его машину. — Balamax

    deGestern wurde ihm sein Auto gestohlen. — juwu

  5. I had my car stolen last night.

    Мою машину було вкрадено минулої ночі. — ChickenKiev

    ruПрошлой ночью у меня украли машину. — shanghainese

    deMir wurde gestern Abend der Wagen gestohlen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the act of stealing:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the act of stealing:
merchandise available at a very attractive price:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *s

Inherited from Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną.

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Forms

plural: steals
Singularsteal
Pluralsteals

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • one who stole
  • stole the money
  • who stole my
  • has been stolen
  • who stole your
  • stealing money from
  • stole my wallet
  • stole my bicycle
  • stole his bicycle
  • someone stole my
  • stealing money
  • trying to steal

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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