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оста́вам — meaning in English

ostavam

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English meaning

  • abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
  • bide verb To wait patiently for the right moment.
  • continue verb To keep doing something without stopping, or to start again after a pause.
  • remain verb To stay in the same place, condition, or state without changing.
  • stay verb To remain in a place rather than leaving.
  • tarry verb (literary) To stay somewhere longer than planned, or to delay leaving.

Senses

оста́вам is used for these senses in English:

  • abide (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]
  • abide (transitive) To bear patiently. [from late 15th c.]
  • abide (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [mid-12th–mid-17th c.]
  • bide (intransitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
  • continue (intransitive) To resume.
  • remain (mathematics) To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
  • remain To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
  • tarry (transitive) To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.

abide — full definition

  1. verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
  2. verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
  3. verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.

bide — full definition

  1. verb To wait patiently for the right moment.
  2. verb An older usage meaning to stay, dwell, or remain in a place.

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