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Meaning of "outstay" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OUTSTAY

outstay  [ˌaʊtˈsteɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OUTSTAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Outstay is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb outstay in English.

WHAT DOES OUTSTAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of outstay in the English dictionary

The definition of outstay in the dictionary is to stay longer than. Other definition of outstay is to stay beyond.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OUTSTAY

PRESENT

Present
I outstay
you outstay
he/she/it outstays
we outstay
you outstay
they outstay
Present continuous
I am outstaying
you are outstaying
he/she/it is outstaying
we are outstaying
you are outstaying
they are outstaying
Present perfect
I have outstayed
you have outstayed
he/she/it has outstayed
we have outstayed
you have outstayed
they have outstayed
Present perfect continuous
I have been outstaying
you have been outstaying
he/she/it has been outstaying
we have been outstaying
you have been outstaying
they have been outstaying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I outstayed
you outstayed
he/she/it outstayed
we outstayed
you outstayed
they outstayed
Past continuous
I was outstaying
you were outstaying
he/she/it was outstaying
we were outstaying
you were outstaying
they were outstaying
Past perfect
I had outstayed
you had outstayed
he/she/it had outstayed
we had outstayed
you had outstayed
they had outstayed
Past perfect continuous
I had been outstaying
you had been outstaying
he/she/it had been outstaying
we had been outstaying
you had been outstaying
they had been outstaying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will outstay
you will outstay
he/she/it will outstay
we will outstay
you will outstay
they will outstay
Future continuous
I will be outstaying
you will be outstaying
he/she/it will be outstaying
we will be outstaying
you will be outstaying
they will be outstaying
Future perfect
I will have outstayed
you will have outstayed
he/she/it will have outstayed
we will have outstayed
you will have outstayed
they will have outstayed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been outstaying
you will have been outstaying
he/she/it will have been outstaying
we will have been outstaying
you will have been outstaying
they will have been outstaying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would outstay
you would outstay
he/she/it would outstay
we would outstay
you would outstay
they would outstay
Conditional continuous
I would be outstaying
you would be outstaying
he/she/it would be outstaying
we would be outstaying
you would be outstaying
they would be outstaying
Conditional perfect
I would have outstay
you would have outstay
he/she/it would have outstay
we would have outstay
you would have outstay
they would have outstay
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been outstaying
you would have been outstaying
he/she/it would have been outstaying
we would have been outstaying
you would have been outstaying
they would have been outstaying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you outstay
we let´s outstay
you outstay
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to outstay
Past participle
outstayed
Present Participle
outstaying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OUTSTAY


backstay
ˈbækˌsteɪ
bobstay
ˈbɒbˌsteɪ
forestay
ˈfɔːˌsteɪ
headstay
ˈhɛdˌsteɪ
homestay
ˈhəʊmˌsteɪ
jackstay
ˈdʒækˌsteɪ
mainstay
ˈmeɪnˌsteɪ
overstay
ˌəʊvəˈsteɪ
short-stay
ˈʃɔːtˌsteɪ
stay
steɪ
stey
steɪ
Timor-Leste
ˈtiːmɔˈlɛsteɪ
upstay
ʌpˈsteɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OUTSTAY

outstand
outstanding
outstandingly
outstare
outstart
outstate
outstation
outstation movement
outstay one´s welcome
outsteer
outstep
outstood
outstrain
outstretch
outstretched
outstridden
outstride
outstrike
outstrip
outstripped

WORDS THAT END LIKE OUTSTAY

anyway
away
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bay
be that as it may
birthday
Blu-ray
Conway
day
display
dittay
everyday
Friday
from day to day
gay
gray
hay
in a way
overnight stay
satay

Synonyms and antonyms of outstay in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «outstay» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OUTSTAY

Find out the translation of outstay to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of outstay from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «outstay» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

outstay
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

outstay
570 millions of speakers

English

outstay
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

outstay
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

outstay
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пересиживать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

outstay
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যথাসময়ের পরে থাকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rester plus longtemps que
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jauh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

outstay
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

outstay
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

outstay
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njobo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ở lại lâu hơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீண்ட நேரம் தங்கியிரு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दूर राहा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gereğinden fazla kalmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trattenersi più a lungo di
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Outstay
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пересиджувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sta mai
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μένω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

outstay
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

outstay
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

outstay
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of outstay

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OUTSTAY»

The term «outstay» is normally little used and occupies the 131.317 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OUTSTAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «outstay» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «outstay» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about outstay

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OUTSTAY»

Discover the use of outstay in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to outstay and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Corpus Linguistics and the Description of English
1. overstay [əuvəstei] vt to overstay one's welcome → trattenersi troppo a lungo ( come 2. outstay [autstei] vt to outstay one's welcome → quedarse más de la cuenta. 3. It is almost impossible to outlive one's welcome in the Catskill Mountains, 4.
Hans Lindquist, 2009
2
Fun With Idioms
OUTSTAY/OVERSTAY. ONE'S. WELCOME. 1 1 J-^-~~n One wet afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Unicorn went aboard Noah's ark. All might have gone well, but they kept poking holes in the ark's roof. "I'm sorry, you'll have to depart," Noah said.
John Smithback, 2005
3
The Holy Bible: A History of Failure
DON't. Outstay. Your. Welcome. Although. the interaction of the Creator with the humans He had created was intense during all of the time recorded in the Bible from the “Beginning” untilthe Hebrews followed Joseph to Egypt, there was a ...
L. C. Graham, 2008
4
Frommer's Family Vacations in the National Parks
Charles P. Wohlforth. Creation, without toil or labor.” In fact, he was quite wrong: The Native Americans worked hard and traveled far to grow their crops, fish, and hunt for their food. And their tribes often fought over land and honor, warring with  ...
Charles P. Wohlforth, 2004
5
High-Treason. The Trials at Bar of Arthur Thistlewood ... ...
A. 1 do. Q. What is his christian name. A. John. Q. Did the strangers outstay you, or did you outstay the strangers. A. We outstayed the strangers. Q. After they were gone, did any conversation take place between you and Thistlewood. A. Yes.
Arthur THISTLEWOOD, Alexander FRASER (Shorthand writer.), John HOOPER (Labourer.), 1817
6
A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for ...
Did the strangers outstay you, or did you outstay the strangers? —- We outstayed the strangers. Did any conversation afterwards take place between you and Thistlewood ?-—Yes. Mr. was. Il'c!/r¢'rsl1.-He has not said where this Mr. Gw-ney.
Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell, 1824
7
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Cf. strain, q.v.—2. V.i. and t., to outstay (one's furlough): RN coll.: C20. Ware; Bowen—3. To outstay an opponent, e.g. at fisticuffs: Anglo-Irish: C20. Nicholas Blake, The Private Wound, 1968, ref. the year 1939, “'You're out of condition,” Seumus ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
8
No Greater Love
“Aww, Maxine! That's so sweet. I've missed you too, but was afraid I would outstay my welcome if I moved in here.” “Outstay your welcome? Girl, are you crazy? This is as much your house as it is mine and Barry's. You helped me pick it out, ...
Franella Adaeze Smith, 2012
9
Chambers concise dictionary
2 not yet paid or done, etc • outstanding debts. □ outstandingly adv in an excellent or remarkable way. outstare > v to outdo someone in staring, outstation > n a position, post or station in a remote or lonely area far from towns, outstay > v 1 ...
Ian Brookes, 2004
10
Uncivil Unions: The Metaphysics of Marriage in German ...
The autonomy of the subject, in other words, persisted as long as the subject did; but what about the autonomy, spontaneity, and dignity of a union that might well outstay the feelings that sustained it? Fichte's answer, as we saw, was that it ...
Adrian Daub, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OUTSTAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term outstay is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Enduring Appeal of the 'Mission: Impossible' Franchise
... so as to not outstay their welcome. (Star Trek, interestingly enough, is almost accidentally following this model, although I suspect that's more ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
2
Classical CDs: Mixed results from Harth-Bedoya, Norwegian orchestra
At least to my ears, though, musical gestures that might be engaging in more limited doses outstay their welcome. Maybe the works recorded ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
3
The Adelaide Maccas where you'll get fined for staying too long
A COUNCIL in Adelaide's west has agreed to police a McDonald's carpark for vehicles that outstay their welcome. People who park their cars at ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
4
'Travellers have little or no regard for the police or authorities and no …
“We never outstay our welcome and always clean up so that we can return at a later date,” he explained to me. Surely there's a lesson to be ... «Coventry Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
EDITORIAL: 'Toronto' sign should travel the entire city after Pan Am …
One thing is certain, the sign, installed for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, shouldn't outstay its welcome. It should really be on a ... «insideTORONTO.com, Jul 15»
6
Pauline McLynn swaps tea lady Mrs Doyle for chippie boss's wife …
It's all there in this character. What I love about this play is that it doesn't outstay its welcome; it's two hours in total, so it's perfectly formed. It's a nugget. It's a gem. «Asian Image, Jul 15»
7
Trackageddon: DiS does Singles is Dead, Insert Coin(s) to Continue
Sweet, forlorn, and never threatening to outstay its welcome; exactly what you want in a single. Tom Fenwick: Just grand. All skittering beauty ... «Drowned In Sound, Jul 15»
8
Government warned over foreign workers cap
... people who bring extended families when that wasn't the original intention, people who outstay their welcome, people who don't abide by the ... «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
9
Film Review: Ant-Man ****
Unlike some of its peers, Reed's film doesn't outstay its welcome or try to shoehorn way too much into the story, coming instead from the 'less is ... «RTE.ie, Jul 15»
10
TV review: The Javone Prince Show, BBC Two
However, most of the punchlines hit with precision, and the fast pace means even the weaker segments don't outstay their welcome. There are ... «The List, Jul 15»

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