STAY AT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stay at mean? 

• STAY AT (verb)
  The verb STAY AT has 1 sense:

1. reside temporarily

  Familiarity information: STAY AT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAY AT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reside temporarily

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

I'm staying at the Hilton

Hypernyms (to "stay at" is one way to...):

lodge in; occupy; reside (live (in a certain place))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Anne will stay; Anne undertakes to stay at home and take care of him.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

My dear little creature, do not stay at Portsmouth to lose your pretty looks.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

One afternoon, however, I got leave to stay at home, because I really had a cold.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"You won't care to stay at home now, perhaps?"

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Geriatric Depression Scale, Short Form (GDS-SF) Do you prefer to stay at home, rather than going out and doing new things?

(GDS-SF - Prefer to Stay Home, NCI Thesaurus)

Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) Do you prefer to stay at home, rather than going out and doing new things?

(GDS - Prefer to Stay Home, NCI Thesaurus)

"The key is to realize rapid heating; otherwise, the battery will stay at elevated temperatures for too long, causing severe degradation."

(Modern Battery Design Can Charge Electric Car in 10 Minutes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Mary and I stay at home.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I wanted her to stay at home and rest this morning, but she would come with us; she longed so much to see you all!

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Happy shall I be, when his stay at Netherfield is over!

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)