остава́ться — meaning in English

English meaning

• abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
• belive adverb Soon, shortly, or before long (archaic).
• lodge verb To become firmly fixed in a particular position.
• remain verb To stay in the same place, condition, or state without changing.
• rest noun Relief from work or activity, especially by sleeping or relaxing.
• stay verb To remain in a place rather than leaving.

Senses

остава́ться 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.]
• belive (intransitive, dialectal, otherwise, obsolete) To remain, stay.
• lodge (intransitive) To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
• rest (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated, or belong to.
• stay (intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.
• stay behind (idiomatic) To remain where one is, whilst others leave.

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.

belive — full definition

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

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