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stick to

stick to verb: to persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.).

Verb

stick to (third-person singular simple present sticks to, present participle sticking to, simple past and past participle stuck to)

  1. (idiomatic) To persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.)
    • I have seen all the fancy electric toothbrushes, but I'm going to stick to the old-fashioned kind.
    • If you stick to your studies, you will continue to improve.
  2. (idiomatic) To follow and remain close to.
    • The suspect doubled back through an alley, but the detective stuck to him like glue.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, to.

stick to meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Odia

stick to in Hindi

to stick to, adhere to
चिपकना cipaknā

stick to in Tamil

to stick to; cling fast
கடி kaṭi

stick to in Urdu

چمٹنا, لاحق ہونا

stick to in Odia

to stick to; adhere to
ଲାଗିବା lāgibā

Forms of stick to

third-person singular presentsticks to
present participlesticking to
past participlestuck to
paststuck to

Words formed from stick to

Questions about stick to

What does stick to mean?
Stick to means to persist; to continue (to use, do, etc.).
What is stick to in Hindi?
Stick to in Hindi is चिपकना (cipaknā). See Stick to meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is stick to?
Stick to is a verb.
What is the past tense of stick to?
The past tense of stick to is stuck to.

Words near stick to in the dictionary

  1. stick that in your pipe and smoke it
  2. stick the knife in
  3. stick the landing
  4. stick time
  5. stick times
  6. stick to
  7. stick to business
  8. stick to one's guns
  9. stick to one's knitting
  10. stick to one's last
  11. stick to one's own knitting

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: stick to (page history and authors); चिपकना (Hindi) (page history and authors); கடி (Tamil) (page history and authors); stick to (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଲାଗିବା (Odia) (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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