stead

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (archaic, literary) A place, or spot, in general; location.
2. (obsolete) A place where a person normally rests; a seat.
3. (obsolete) An inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc.
4. (archaic) An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead.
5. (obsolete) The frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.
6. The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor.
7. (figuratively) A place as it relates to a role, service, or ability; capacity.
8. (figuratively, uncountable) A relational or circumstantial position; standing.
9. (countable, figuratively) A place as it relates to situation, circumstance, or status; condition.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful.
2. (obsolete) To fill the stead or place of something.

Sinonieme

place

position

lieu

farm

room

condition

site

space

situation

post

status

in place of

instead of

job

location

locus

mode

property

seat

💺

spot

standing

state

station

🚉

substitute

thesis

useful

well

avail

seigneury

bay

beneficial

capacity

class

estate

exchange

exposure

facility

favorable

hacienda

Vertalings

lugar

vece

posto

place

plaats

posição

yer

τόπος

μέρος

lieu

carica

المكان

luogo

titolo

puesto

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/stɛd/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English sted, stede (noun) and steden (verb), from Old English stede, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (“standing, location”). Doublet of stad.
cognates and related terms
Cognate with Scots steid (“location, place”), North Frisian Stair, Stat, steed, stää (“city, town; place, stead”), Saterland Frisian Steede (“place, stead”), Stääd (“city, town”), West Frisian stêd (“city, town”), Bavarian Stådt (“city, town”), Dutch stad, stede (“city, town”), German Stadt (“city, town”), Statt (“abode, place, stead”), Stätte (“place, spot, venue”), German Low German Stee (“location, place”), Luxembourgish Stad (“city, town”), Vilamovian śtaod (“city, town”), Yiddish שטאָט (shtot, “city, town”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål stad (“city, town”), sted (“place”), Faroese stað (“place”), staður (“location, place; town”), Icelandic staður (“location, place”), Norn sta (“domicile, farm”), Norwegian Nynorsk stad (“place; city, town”), Swedish stad, stadh, stedt (“city, town”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (staþs, “location, place”). See the doublet stasis.