English verb: stay on | |||
1. | stay on (stative) continue in a place, position, or situation | ||
Samples | After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser. Stay with me, please. Despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year. She continued as deputy mayor for another year. | ||
Synonyms | continue, remain, stay | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | abide, bide, hold over, stay | ||