stead
stead
(stĕd)n.
1. The place, position, or function properly or customarily occupied by another.
2. Advantage; service; purpose: "His personal relationship with the electorate stands in good stead" (John Sears).
tr.v. stead·ed, stead·ing, steads
To be of advantage or service to; benefit.
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stead
(stɛd)n
1. (preceded by in) rare the place, function, or position that should be taken by another: to come in someone's stead.
2. stand someone in good stead to be useful or of good service to (someone)
vb
(tr) archaic to help or benefit
[Old English stede; related to Old Norse stathr place, Old High German stat place, Latin statiō a standing, statim immediately]
Stead
(stɛd)n
(Biography) Christina (Ellen). 1902–83, Australian novelist. Her works include Seven Poor Men of Sydney (1934), The Man who Loved Children (1940), and Cotters' England (1966)
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stead
(stɛd)n.
1. the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute: The nephew of the queen came in her stead.
2. Obs. a place or locality.
v.t.3. to be of service, advantage, or avail to.
Idioms:stand in good stead, to prove useful to: Her recommendation will stand you in good stead.
[before 900; (n.) Middle English, Old English stede, c. Old Frisian stede, Old Saxon stad, Old High German stat, Old Norse stathr, Gothic staths site, place, Greek stásis (see stasis); akin to stand]
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stead
Past participle: steaded
Gerund: steading
| Imperative |
|---|
| stead |
| stead |
| Present |
|---|
| I stead |
| you stead |
| he/she/it steads |
| we stead |
| you stead |
| they stead |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I steaded |
| you steaded |
| he/she/it steaded |
| we steaded |
| you steaded |
| they steaded |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am steading |
| you are steading |
| he/she/it is steading |
| we are steading |
| you are steading |
| they are steading |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have steaded |
| you have steaded |
| he/she/it has steaded |
| we have steaded |
| you have steaded |
| they have steaded |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was steading |
| you were steading |
| he/she/it was steading |
| we were steading |
| you were steading |
| they were steading |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had steaded |
| you had steaded |
| he/she/it had steaded |
| we had steaded |
| you had steaded |
| they had steaded |
| Future |
|---|
| I will stead |
| you will stead |
| he/she/it will stead |
| we will stead |
| you will stead |
| they will stead |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have steaded |
| you will have steaded |
| he/she/it will have steaded |
| we will have steaded |
| you will have steaded |
| they will have steaded |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be steading |
| you will be steading |
| he/she/it will be steading |
| we will be steading |
| you will be steading |
| they will be steading |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been steading |
| you have been steading |
| he/she/it has been steading |
| we have been steading |
| you have been steading |
| they have been steading |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been steading |
| you will have been steading |
| he/she/it will have been steading |
| we will have been steading |
| you will have been steading |
| they will have been steading |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been steading |
| you had been steading |
| he/she/it had been steading |
| we had been steading |
| you had been steading |
| they had been steading |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would stead |
| you would stead |
| he/she/it would stead |
| we would stead |
| you would stead |
| they would stead |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have steaded |
| you would have steaded |
| he/she/it would have steaded |
| we would have steaded |
| you would have steaded |
| they would have steaded |
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Translations
stead
[sted] N in sb's stead → en lugar de algn
to stand sb in good stead → ser muy útil a algn
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