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stays in

stays in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stay in.

Meaning of stay in

Verb

stay in (third-person singular simple present stays in, present participle staying in, simple past and past participle stayed in)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, in.
    • I don't like to stay in motels.
  2. (intransitive) To remain at home.
    • My friends invited me out on Saturday, but instead I stayed in and watched television.
    Antonyms:
    go out

Questions about stays in

What is stays in the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stays in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stay in.

Words near stays in in the dictionary

  1. stays at home
  2. stays away
  3. stays back
  4. stays behind
  5. stays frosty
  6. stays in
  7. stays in one's lane
  8. stays loose
  9. stays on
  10. stays out
  11. stays over

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stays in (page history and authors); stay in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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