stead

English

/stɛd/

noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) A place, or spot, in general.
  • (obsolete) A place where a person normally rests; a seat.
  • (obsolete) An inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc.
  • (obsolete) An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm.
  • (obsolete) The frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.
  • (in phrases) The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor.
  • (figurative) An emotional or circumstantial "place" having specified advantages, qualities etc. (now only in phrases).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English stede, sted inherited from Old English stede (place, locality, spot, a place, position, site, station, stead) inherited from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (place, location, a standing) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (standing, position), *steh₂- (stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*steh₂-

Gloss

stand, stay, place, put, be standing, set, stand up

Concept
Semantic Field

Spatial relations

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

立

Emoji
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