stead
noun/sted/
/sted/
Word OriginOld English stede ‘place’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stad ‘town’, German Statt ‘place’, Stadt ‘town’, from an Indo-European root shared by the verb stand.
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See stead in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryin somebody’s/something’s stead
- (formal) instead of somebody/something
- Foxton was dismissed and John Smith was appointed in his stead.
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stand somebody in good stead
- to be useful or helpful to somebody when needed
- Your languages will stand you in good stead when it comes to finding a job.
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