staying

Collocations

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ADJ.

cheap, fun, late, long, used

We had a lot of fun staying late at the beach last summer.

VERB + STAYING

going, planning, prefer, travelling

We're planning on staying at my cousin's house for two weeks this summer.

STAYING + NOUN

berlin, business, home, japan, kyoto, paris, portside, sheraton

We're staying in Berlin for two weeks to visit my cousin who just moved there.

PREP.

in, on, on, out, up, with, with

We're staying with my cousins for two weeks during the summer holidays.

Definitions

noun

1

A stay or visit.

The years that follow are chiefly noteworthy for his intercourse with four clever girl cousins called Southall, and sundry stayings at Moseley with a cheery, literary old grandmother[…]

But he found it strange to think […] of all these little things that cluster round the comings, and the stayings, and the goings, that he would know nothing of them, nothing of what they had been, as long as he lived, […]

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The years that follow are chiefly noteworthy for his intercourse with four clever girl cousins called Southall, and sundry stayings at Moseley with a cheery, literary old grandmother[…]

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But he found it strange to think […] of all these little things that cluster round the comings, and the stayings, and the goings, that he would know nothing of them, nothing of what they had been, as

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Are you planning on staying long in Berlin?

Tatoeba · #16427

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He acted as a guide while I was staying in Kyoto.

Tatoeba · #19312

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I prefer staying home to going fishing.

Tatoeba · #19338

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We have the alternative of going or staying.

Tatoeba · #22986