past and past participle
Someone or something stayed in a place instead of leaving.
We stayed at a nice hotel.
I stayed home to finish my homework.
American English
How to pronounce stayed
verbA2Very common word
STAYD
/steɪd̚/
One syllable.
Form of stay
Stayed is both the past form and the past participle of stay.
Someone or something stayed in a place instead of leaving.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
past and past participle
Someone stayed somewhere for a short time to live or sleep there.
She stayed with her grandmother last summer.
They stayed at the beach until sunset.
Good to know
For a place, usually use at or in: stayed at a hotel, stayed in New York. Say stayed home without at.
past and past participle
Someone or something stayed in the same condition or continued to be that way.
The cat stayed indoors during the storm.
The door stayed open all night.
Useful expressions
to remain awake and not go to bed
I stayed up to finish the report.
to remain away from home, especially at night
We stayed out until midnight.
to remain at home instead of going out
Let's stay in and watch a movie.
Related words & forms
In stayed, y changes to i before -ed.