Meaning of "stagger" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STAGGER

Dialect stacker, from Old Norse staka to push.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF STAGGER

stagger  [ˈstæɡə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STAGGER

Stagger is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb stagger in English.

WHAT DOES STAGGER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of stagger in the English dictionary

The first definition of stagger in the dictionary is to walk or cause to walk unsteadily as if about to fall. Other definition of stagger is to astound or overwhelm, as with shock. Stagger is also to place or arrange in alternating or overlapping positions or time periods to prevent confusion or congestion.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STAGGER

PRESENT

Present

I stagger

you stagger

he/she/it staggers

we stagger

you stagger

they stagger

Present continuous

I am staggering

you are staggering

he/she/it is staggering

we are staggering

you are staggering

they are staggering

Present perfect

I have staggered

you have staggered

he/she/it has staggered

we have staggered

you have staggered

they have staggered

Present perfect continuous

I have been staggering

you have been staggering

he/she/it has been staggering

we have been staggering

you have been staggering

they have been staggering

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 staggered

you staggered

he/she/it staggered

we staggered

you staggered

they staggered

Past continuous

I was staggering

you were staggering

he/she/it was staggering

we were staggering

you were staggering

they were staggering

Past perfect

I had staggered

you had staggered

he/she/it had staggered

we had staggered

you had staggered

they had staggered

Past perfect continuous

I had been staggering

you had been staggering

he/she/it had been staggering

we had been staggering

you had been staggering

they had been staggering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will stagger

you will stagger

he/she/it will stagger

we will stagger

you will stagger

they will stagger

Future continuous

I will be staggering

you will be staggering

he/she/it will be staggering

we will be staggering

you will be staggering

they will be staggering

Future perfect

I will have staggered

you will have staggered

he/she/it will have staggered

we will have staggered

you will have staggered

they will have staggered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been staggering

you will have been staggering

he/she/it will have been staggering

we will have been staggering

you will have been staggering

they will have been staggering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would stagger

you would stagger

he/she/it would stagger

we would stagger

you would stagger

they would stagger

Conditional continuous

I would be staggering

you would be staggering

he/she/it would be staggering

we would be staggering

you would be staggering

they would be staggering

Conditional perfect

I would have stagger

you would have stagger

he/she/it would have stagger

we would have stagger

you would have stagger

they would have stagger

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been staggering

you would have been staggering

he/she/it would have been staggering

we would have been staggering

you would have been staggering

they would have been staggering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you stagger
we let´s stagger
you stagger

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to stagger

Past participle

staggered

Present Participle

staggering

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.

SYNONYMS OF «STAGGER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «stagger» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of stagger

amaze · astonish · astound · bowl over · confound · dumbfound · falter · flabbergast · lurch · nonplus · overwhelm · reel · shake · shock · stumble · stun · stupefy · surprise · sway · teeter · totter · waver · wobble

TRANSLATION OF STAGGER

Find out the translation of stagger to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of stagger from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stagger» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 蹒跚
• Translator English - Spanish: tambalearse
• English: stagger
• Translator English - Hindi: डगमगाते
• Translator English - Arabic: يَتَهَادَى
• Translator English - Russian: идти шатаясь
• Translator English - Portuguese: cambalear
• Translator English - Bengali: টল
• Translator English - French: tituber
• Translator English - Malay: Terhuyung-huyung
• Translator English - German: taumeln
• Translator English - Japanese: よろめく
• Translator English - Korean: 비틀거리다
• Translator English - Javanese: Stagger
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đi loạng choạng
• Translator English - Tamil: தடுமாறு
• Translator English - Marathi: चक्कर
• Translator English - Turkish: sersemleme
• Translator English - Italian: barcollare
• Translator English - Polish: zatoczyć się
• Translator English - Ukrainian: іти хитаючись
• Translator English - Romanian: a se bălăbăni
• Translator English - Greek: τρικλίζω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: steier
• Translator English - Swedish: raggla
• Translator English - Norwegian: vingle

7 QUOTES WITH «STAGGER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stagger.

1

David Antin

I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember.

2

Daniel Burnham

Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.

3

Hugo Claus

Go now, verses, on your light feet, you have not trodden hard on the old earth where the graves laugh when they see their guests, the one corpse stacked on top of the other. Go now and stagger to her whom I do not know.

4

James Gleick

Google is where we go for answers. People used to go elsewhere or, more likely, stagger along not knowing.

5

Andrea McLean

I very rarely use a credit card, but I do if I know I have big bills coming and I need to stagger payment.

6

Tony Parsons

When he was born, I looked at my little boy and felt an unconditional love I never knew was inside me. As he grew, and I watched him stagger about, squeak his first words, and turn into a beautiful little boy, that feeling did not change.

7

Fritz Scholder

We need art more than ever as we stagger toward the Millennium.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STAGGER»

Discover the use of stagger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stagger and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Gap and Stagger Effects on the Aerodynamic Performance and ...

Stereo PIV analysis show that the positive stagger configuration has significantly different flow characteristics compared to the others.

Hantae Kang, 2008

Coaching Youth Track and Field

One-turn stagger. These starting lines are used for shorter distance races or when a large number of runners are participating in a long-distance race. Runners stay in lanes or alleys for the first curve and break to the inside at the beginning of ...

American Sport Education Program, 2008

Stock Car Setup Secrets: Advanced Chassis and Suspension ...

2 1/4 inches of stagger Stagger is the difference in circumference of two tires on the same end of the car. Measure around each tire at the middle of the tread. Subtract the two measurements to find stagger or "roll out," as it is sometimes called.

Bob Bolles, R. C. Bolles, 2003

Stagger-tuned Amplifiers with Double-tuned Interstages

Stanford University. Electronics Research Laboratory, John S. Eddy. SUSEL- 5104 Stagger-tuned ampllfle l&K, University Libraries ill I II III 3 6105 046 366 485 SUSEL-S/O^ jsPHiSSC DATE DUE 4 STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES ...

Stanford University. Electronics Research Laboratory, John S. Eddy, 1951

Stagger grass (Chrosperma muscaetoxicum) as a poisonous plant

710 i Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry JOHN R. MOHLER, Chief Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER September 13, 1918 STAGGER GRASS (CHROSPERMA MUSCiETOXI- CUM) AS A POISONOUS PLANT.

Charles Dwight Marsh, A. B. Clawson, Hadleigh Marsh, 1918

The Harpsichord Owner's Guide: A Manual for Buyers and Owners

ADJUSTING THE STAGGER Your builder did the hardest part of the stagger adjustment in his shop, before you got the instrument, but stagger needs to be touched up from time to time. Registers shift and jack heights change. Replacing a quill ...

Edward L. Kottick, 1992

Air Service Information Circular

It was tested at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for lift drag, L/L and momenta about the center of gravity for various angles of incidence and tail settings for both positive and negative stagger. Two tests were run, the first with 7i -inch ...

‎1922

The Handbook of Road Safety Measures

Only one study (Brude and Larsson 1987b) has compared the two methods of staggering at crossroads. The study indicates that the left–right stagger has a more favourable effect on traffic safety than the right–left stagger. The left–right pattern ...

‎2009

Advances in Machine Learning I: Dedicated to the Memory of ...

20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 20 40 60 80 Time Step (t) Stagger Naive Bayes 100 120 Fig.1. Performance curves for naive Bayes and Stagger on the Stagger concepts. Measures are accuracy with 95% confidence intervals. .875. For context ...

Jacek Koronacki, Zbigniew W. Ras, Slawomir T. Wierzchon, 2009

Architectural Graphic Standards

Stagger joints 24 in. o.c. each side. Base layer 3/8-in. regular gypsum board or veneer base applied to each side of 1-5/8-in. metal studs, 24 in. o.c. with 1-in. Type S gypsum board screws 27 in. o.c. to edges and 54 in. o.c. to intermediate studs ...

Andy Pressman, American Institute of Architects, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STAGGER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stagger is used in the context of the following news items.

Chinese Stocks Stagger to End of Rough Week

HONG KONG — Chinese stocks plunged on Friday, capping their worst week in years and prompting the perhaps inevitable question: Has the country's ... «New York Times, Jun 15»

Leeroy Stagger steps out of the abyss

"It's been nice, actually," says Stagger, and coming from him that's no glib statement. For a long, dark time after the birth of his son, nice moments were scarce. «Niagara Falls Review, Jun 15»

Songs Of Their Own | To Lay It Down - Stagger Lee

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead, JamBase teamed with Telefunken to produce the Songs Of Their Own video series. We began with a list ... «JamBase, Jun 15»

Roots musician Leeroy Stagger finds light at fork in the road

Leeroy Stagger. Friday, 8 p.m. | Skinny Fat Jacks, 3475A Main Street. Tickets: Sold out. It is a rather blunt assessment. But it's just one of many during a ... «Vancouver Sun, Jun 15»

Bellingham makes up stagger to win 4x200 relay title

“Going out, it's hard to make up so much stagger, so it looks like we're coming in behind,” said Emma Brice, who as the Red Raiders leadoff runner, was tasked ... «Bellingham Herald, May 15»

Quarterfinals: Stagger In Sports Grill vs City Bagel

Our first competitor in this match up is Stagger In Sports Grill. Located in the old Grill location, Stagger In, or sometimes known as the Stag, has become a fairly ... «Maroon and White Nation, May 15»

Stagger Inn: Man's Tribute to Brother Hits Home for UCF Students on …

One man's tribute to his brother who “was killed in action” overseas is hitting home with college students this Memorial Day, according to a UCF Stagger Inn ... «KnightNews.com, May 15»

Eskom to stagger 'outages without resorting to load shedding' this …

“The aim is to stagger the planned outages without resorting to load-shedding‚” the statement read. “Eskom will use its emergency reserves‚ namely the ... «Times LIVE, May 15»

Leeroy Stagger to 'Dream It All Away' on New Album

Leeroy Stagger's discography has now reached double digits. The Alberta songwriter's new album Dream It All Away is his tenth studio collection, and it's due ... «Exclaim!, Apr 15»

Bloodborne Guide: How to Beat Father Gascoigne

See, while past Souls games have used blocking and parrying as a key component, Bloodborne uses the player's off-hand guns to stagger opponents. It does ... «Game Rant, Apr 15»