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bleiben — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • belive adverb Soon, shortly, or before long (archaic).
  • linger verb To stay in a place longer than necessary, often reluctant to leave.
  • 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

bleiben is used for these senses in English:

  • belive (intransitive, dialectal, otherwise, obsolete) To remain, stay.
  • linger (intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
  • remain To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
  • stay (intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.
  • tarry (transitive) To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.

belive — full definition

  1. adverb Soon, shortly, or before long (archaic).
  2. verb To stay or remain (archaic).

linger — full definition

  1. verb To stay in a place longer than necessary, often reluctant to leave.
  2. verb To continue to exist or persist for longer than expected, especially before fading away.

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