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Staying meaning

present participle and gerund of stay

Using Staying

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of stay
  • In the example corpus, staying often appears in combinations such as: staying in, staying at, and staying.

Context around Staying

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

means 2× jail 1× include 1× clients 1× todd 1× home 1× furniture 1×

Often after:

home 7× safe 3× indoors 1× positive 1× mentally 1× apart 1× sane 1× away 1× pretty 1×

Sentence patterns with Staying

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

all in staying positive connected 1× all the staying at home 1× and us staying home 1× apart and staying home as 1× behind me staying home and 1× bit by staying indoors and 1× cent were staying for less 1× cent were staying for more 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

akinyi told her 1× already extremely vulnerable 1× as careful as 1× i am doing 1× in terms of 1× lanzarote travel warning 1×

Common sentence endings:

1950s or 1960s 1× and staying home 1× and staying pretty 1× and staying sane 1× apartment with him 1× at grocery stores 1×

Words around Staying

Just before it in the word index:

stayin 12 stayers 14 stayer 15 stayed 3.259 staycity 2 staycations 18

Just after it in the word index:

stayman 18 stayner 13 stayover 2 stays 1.332 stayskal 6 staysure 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

assigned 3.866 polls 3.866 trouble 3.862 medicine 3.860 empire 3.857 newspaper 3.855

Corpus analysis for Staying

  • In this selection, "staying" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, means, jail, include, home, safe and indoors stand out and add context to how "staying" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include all in staying positive connected, all the staying at home and staying home. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "staying" sits close to words such as assigned, polls and trouble, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with staying

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Staying home, staying apart from loved ones. (7 words)

We hope you're staying safe and staying sane. (9 words)

Staying as beautiful as flowers, protecting my kingdom fearlessly and staying pretty. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

The results also found 56 per cent of respondents were attending multiple race days, 33 per cent were attending one day, 9 per cent were staying for less than a week and 2 per cent were staying for more than a week. (42 words)

Already extremely vulnerable and with an ambiguous legal status, many of Spain's sex workers have struggled to make ends meet during the state of emergency, with clubs closed, clients staying home and fines for staying in the street. (39 words)

The team behind the Alexandra has spent years collecting Danish mid-century vintage design furniture – staying here might feel like you are staying in the home of a trendy local in the 1950s or 1960s. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Others are staying with friends and family, at a hotel, serving time in jail, staying in an emergency shelter or living in their cars.

The results also found 56 per cent of respondents were attending multiple race days, 33 per cent were attending one day, 9 per cent were staying for less than a week and 2 per cent were staying for more than a week.

Lanzarote travel warning for UK tourists who are staying in hotels The price of staying in the Canary Island holiday hotspot is skyrocketing for UK holidaymakers and tourists, it has been warned.

Like I said they're all behind me staying home, and us staying home.

The lady I was staying with got married last month, and she asked me to leave because her husband was not comfortable with me staying there.

These include staying up to date on vaccines, practicing frequent handwashing, and staying home when feeling unwell.

Already extremely vulnerable and with an ambiguous legal status, many of Spain's sex workers have struggled to make ends meet during the state of emergency, with clubs closed, clients staying home and fines for staying in the street.

As careful as I was, staying safe and staying at home, I was pretty much doing that and I got it.

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I am doing my bit by staying indoors and a platform like TikTok is helping us all in staying positive, connected and entertained via their initiatives,” said Arjun.

In terms of staying mentally and physically fit, keeping up with Phoenix was a catalyst for Todd staying on her toes.

On her Instagram, Kaif said: “I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe and staying home.

Self-isolation is staying at home for 14 days after an exposure happened, which ideally means staying in your own bedroom and using your own bathroom, Patterson said.

Staying home, staying apart from loved ones.

The doctors and scientists have been clear that social distancing — which means staying at least two metres apart, and staying home as much as possible — is the best way to help each other.

Those who were not staying at home were staying for a time at grocery stores.

We hope you're staying safe and staying sane.

With all the staying at home and staying away, all my days now seem like one big weekend rolled into one.

Akinyi told her father she was staying with a friend and really she was going to be staying at Benjamin’s apartment with him.

Staying as beautiful as flowers, protecting my kingdom fearlessly and staying pretty.

The team behind the Alexandra has spent years collecting Danish mid-century vintage design furniture – staying here might feel like you are staying in the home of a trendy local in the 1950s or 1960s.

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Common combinations with staying

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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What does "staying" mean?
Staying means: present participle and gerund of stay
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