"stay behind" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-stay behind.ogg Forms: stay behinds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stay behind (plural stay behinds)
  1. Alternative form of stay-behind Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: stay-behind
    Sense id: en-stay_behind-en-noun-IM9Loe11 Categories (other): English phrasal verbs formed with "behind" Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "behind": 24 32 7 37

Verb

Audio: En-au-stay behind.ogg Forms: stays behind [present, singular, third-person], staying behind [participle, present], stayed behind [participle, past], stayed behind [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stay behind (third-person singular simple present stays behind, present participle staying behind, simple past and past participle stayed behind)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, behind. Synonyms: stay put, remain, stay behind [idiomatic] Hypernyms: tarry Related terms: sleeper, sleeper cell
    Sense id: en-stay_behind-en-verb-8nCu4kkt Categories (other): English phrasal verbs formed with "behind", Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "behind": 24 32 7 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 44 9 41
  2. (idiomatic) To remain where one is, whilst others leave. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (to remain where one is): stay back Translations (to remain where one is, whilst others leave): παραμένω (paraménō) (Ancient Greek), achterblijven (Dutch), jäädä (Finnish), zurückbleiben (German), ficar para trás (Portuguese), остава́ться (ostavátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), оста́ться (ostátʹsja) (english: stay) [perfective] (Russian), заде́рживаться (zadérživatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), задержа́ться (zaderžátʹsja) (english: linger, get delayed) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-stay_behind-en-verb-5wZQ7ayc Disambiguation of 'to remain where one is': 3 69 28 Disambiguation of 'to remain where one is, whilst others leave': 1 87 12
  3. To remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment. Translations (to remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment): nablijven (Dutch), jäädä luokkaan (Finnish), avoir une heure de colle (French), nachsitzen (German), остава́ться (ostavátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), оста́ться (ostátʹsja) (alt: после уро́ков) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-stay_behind-en-verb-mtDB14QQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "behind", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 28 4 55 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "behind": 24 32 7 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 44 9 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 28 7 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 29 5 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 18 30 13 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 10 30 13 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 34 8 43 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 33 12 43 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 34 9 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 27 7 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 34 9 46 Disambiguation of 'to remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment': 1 9 90

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2007, David W. P. Elliott, The Vietnamese War: Revolution and Social Change in the Mekong Delta, 1930-1975, page 91:",
          "text": "Much as Tra wanted to stay behind, as commander of the region, it was his duty to organize and lead the troops going to the North.",
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          "text": "Ross's fortunes differed sharply from those of the principal Choctaw chief, Greenwood LeFlore, who, unlike Ross, signed a removal treaty on behalf of his people, only to stay behind himself, accept US citizenship, and go on to a distinguished career in Mississippi politics.",
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          "ref": "2005, Al Kelly, Challenging Modern Physics: Questioning Einstein's Relativity Theories, page 24:",
          "text": "If a twin goes off on a spaceship for a long trip at nearly the speed of light, that twin would be much younger on return to earth than the twin who stayed behind (Fock, 1964; French, 1968; Hawking, 1988; Young, 1992).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, David W. P. Elliott, The Vietnamese War: Revolution and Social Change in the Mekong Delta, 1930-1975, page 91:",
          "text": "Much as Tra wanted to stay behind, as commander of the region, it was his duty to organize and lead the troops going to the North.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, A. Dirk Moses, Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation, and Subaltern Resistance in World History, page 114:",
          "text": "Ross's fortunes differed sharply from those of the principal Choctaw chief, Greenwood LeFlore, who, unlike Ross, signed a removal treaty on behalf of his people, only to stay behind himself, accept US citizenship, and go on to a distinguished career in Mississippi politics.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remain where one is, whilst others leave."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remain",
          "remain"
        ],
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To remain where one is, whilst others leave."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1964, Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov, translated by Harry Golombek, The Art of the Middle Game, Dover, published 1989, page 32:",
          "text": "When I stayed behind at school with my school friends after lessons, and managed to play up to a hundred games in a single afternoon, the strategy was simple enough: I castled on the opposite side in the middle of violent (and mutual) King attacks.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Louis Cohen, Lawrence Manion, Keith Morrison, A Guide to Teaching Practice, page 51:",
          "text": "Observe what sanctions the teacher employs with her class in order to enforce the rules. Are individuals kept in after school, for instance, or are they asked to stay behind at the end of a lesson, or reprimanded in front of the other children?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Rebecca Mahon, Excel HSC English Study Guide: Billy Elliot, page 110:",
          "text": "One day I had to stay behind after my boxing class, and I'd just been told that I was a ‘disgrace to the traditions of the boxing hall’.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment."
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to remain where one is",
      "word": "stay back"
    },
    {
      "word": "stay put"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:stay behind",
      "word": "remain"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:stay behind",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "stay behind"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to remain where one is, whilst others leave",
      "word": "achterblijven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remain where one is, whilst others leave",
      "word": "jäädä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remain where one is, whilst others leave",
      "word": "zurückbleiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "paraménō",
      "sense": "to remain where one is, whilst others leave",
      "word": "παραμένω"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remain where one is, whilst others leave",
      "word": "ficar para trás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostavátʹsja",
      "sense": "to remain where one is, whilst others leave",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "остава́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "stay",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostátʹsja",
      "sense": "to remain where one is, whilst others leave",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "оста́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zadérživatʹsja",
      "sense": "to remain where one is, whilst others leave",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заде́рживаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "linger, get delayed",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaderžátʹsja",
      "sense": "to remain where one is, whilst others leave",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "задержа́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment",
      "word": "nablijven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment",
      "word": "jäädä luokkaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment",
      "word": "avoir une heure de colle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment",
      "word": "nachsitzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostavátʹsja",
      "sense": "to remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "остава́ться"
    },
    {
      "alt": "после уро́ков",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostátʹsja",
      "sense": "to remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "оста́ться"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stay behind"
}

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