Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To continue practising (a skill), even it is difficult

    If you want to dance well, you have to stick at it.

Examples

32 sentences

  1. I'm sick of being stuck at home.

    ruМне надоело торчать дома. — marafon

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  2. David was still stuck at work.

    Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. We were stuck at the airport.

    Ussis · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. He was stuck at a meeting.

    Conjuice · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. It's nothing to shake a stick at.

    rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Forms

sticks at, sticking at, stuck at, stuck at
Base formstick at · to stick at
3rd person singularsticks at
Present participlesticking at
Past simplestuck at
Past participlestuck at

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystick at
he, she, itsticks at

Past simpleLesson

all personsstuck at

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stuck at
he, she, ithas stuck at

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stick at

Synonyms

1 synonyms
keep at

Word family

1 related words
Derivedstick-at-itiveness

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stewardessstickB2stickerB1sticklerstickyB1
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