"sted" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: From Middle English sted, from Old English stede (“place, spot, locality”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|sted}} Middle English sted, {{der|en|ang|stede||place, spot, locality}} Old English stede (“place, spot, locality”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} sted (not comparable)
  1. (journalism, slang) short for instead of Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable, slang Alternative form of: instead of Categories (topical): Mass media
    Sense id: en-sted-en-adv-yBePtF7x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Topics: journalism, media
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stedd

Noun

Forms: steds [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sted, from Old English stede (“place, spot, locality”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|sted}} Middle English sted, {{der|en|ang|stede||place, spot, locality}} Old English stede (“place, spot, locality”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sted (plural steds)
  1. Obsolete form of stead. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: stead
    Sense id: en-sted-en-noun-VyExC31b
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stedd

Inflected forms

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