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stead

Pronunciation: /stɛd/

The English word “stead” has 12 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor.
  2. A place as it relates to a role, service, or ability; capacity.
  3. A relational or circumstantial position; standing.
  4. A place as it relates to situation, circumstance, or status; condition.
  5. A place, or spot, in general; location.
  6. A place where a person normally rests; a seat.
  7. An inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc.
  8. An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead.
  9. The frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.
  10. One's partner in a romantic relationship.

verb

  1. To help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful.
  2. To fill the stead or place of something.

Etymology

From 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. cognates and related terms Cognate with Scots steid (“location, place”), North Frisian Stair, Stat, steed, stää (“city, town; place, stead”), Saterland Frisian Steede (“place, stead”), Stääd (“city,…

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