stead

nounplace of another

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noun place of another

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Word Origin & History

Old English stede "place, position, standing, delay," related to standan "to stand," from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (cf. Old Saxon stedi, Old Norse staðr, Swedish stad, Dutch stede "place," Old High German stat, German Stadt "town," Gothic staþs "place"), from PIE *stetis-, from root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Now chiefly in compounds or phrases. "The sense 'town, city' for G. Stadt is a late development from c.1200 when the term began to replace Burg" [Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names].

Example Sentences for stead

Perhaps, some other he might have let suffer in his stead—not her!

We must not envy him on account of them, nor begrudge them to him, nor wish that we had them in his stead.

He drew the cane out of the sand, thrusting the stick down in its stead.

Boabdil motioned to the Moor to withdraw, and an alfaqui advanced in his stead.

I want to come hame as her dochter, no as mistress o' the hoose in her stead.

I inquired what books were to be substituted in their stead.

Well then, why didn't she ask it; 'stead of wantin' to know if she was in?

If I'd thought I was torturin' of you, 'stead of makin' it pleasant, I'd never have done it, sure.

I have a stubborn pride that stands me at times in the stead of virtue.

Thomas Jefferson came over to Paris as plenipotentiary in his stead.

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