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Meanings of stead in English

Portuguese
posição
Catalan
posició
Spanish
puesto

The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another.

        posição
        Usage of stead in English
        1
        On Tuesday, Duterte said he may seek military help in their stead.
        Reuters
        2
        I think that will hold us in very good stead for Sunday.
        Radio NZ
        3
        Longbright's maternal sexiness stood her in good stead during times of stress.
        The water room
        4
        I think that stands them in good stead as we go on.
        BBC
        5
        It served me in pretty good stead when Bush lost the election.
        The Kingmaker
        6
        It might stand him in stead some day in a larger place.
        The Mayor of Warwick
        7
        And in 1515 Louis died, and Francis I ruled in his stead.
        Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa / With Sixteen Illustra...
        8
        They buried him in Kingscote and his son reigned in his stead.
        The Captives
        9
        His Cox Plate run should hold him in good stead for this.
        News.com.au
        10
        Now I could see the mass of the trees about the stead.
        Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain
        11
        The Dwarf offered up in his stead, Snow White and Rose Red.
        A Study of Fairy Tales
        12
        Large fields were in their stead, and were continually increasing in extent.
        The Memories of Fifty Years / Containing Brief Biographical Noti...
        13
        Young Lincoln's bodily vigor stood him in good stead in many ways.
        The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln
        14
        They removed the magistrates and appointed their own partisans in their stead.
        Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam
        15
        He would have let you go to the guillotine in his stead.
        The Trampling of the Lilies
        16
        Her experience with the little Lees stood her in good stead now.
        Christie Redfern's Troubles
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        Translations for stead
        Portuguese
        posição
        Stead through the time
        Stead across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common