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Meaning of "stayaway" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STAYAWAY

stayaway  [ˈsteɪəˌweɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STAYAWAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stayaway is 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.

WHAT DOES STAYAWAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of stayaway in the English dictionary

The definition of stayaway in the dictionary is a non-violent form of protest, a worker's strike in South Africa. Other definition of stayaway is a person who strikes or stays away from work.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STAYAWAY


airway
ˈɛəˌweɪ
areaway
ˈɛərɪəˌweɪ
breakaway
ˈbreɪkəˌweɪ
castaway
ˈkɑːstəˌweɪ
clearway
ˈklɪəˌweɪ
cutaway
ˈkʌtəˌweɪ
fadeaway
ˈfeɪdəˌweɪ
fairway
ˈfɛəˌweɪ
faraway
ˈfɑːrəˌweɪ
flyaway
ˈflaɪəˌweɪ
Galloway
ˈɡæləˌweɪ
giveaway
ˈɡɪvəˌweɪ
Hathaway
ˈhæθəˌweɪ
hideaway
ˈhaɪdəˌweɪ
motorway
ˈməʊtəˌweɪ
rockaway
ˈrɒkəˌweɪ
stairway
ˈstɛəˌweɪ
takeaway
ˈteɪkəˌweɪ
waterway
ˈwɔːtəˌweɪ
wireway
ˈwaɪəˌweɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STAYAWAY

stave off
staves
stavesacre
staving
Stavropol
stavudine
stay
stay of execution
stay out
stay put
stay stitching
stay-at-home
staycation
stayer
staying power
stayless
staymaker
Stayman
stays
staysail

WORDS THAT END LIKE STAYAWAY

away
come away
from away
get away
getaway
give away
give the game away
go away
keep away
layaway
once and away
out and away
put away
right away
run away
runaway
straight away
take away
turn away
walk away

Synonyms and antonyms of stayaway in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stayaway» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STAYAWAY

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

Translator English - Chinese

stayaway
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

StayAway
570 millions of speakers

English

stayaway
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

stayaway
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

stayaway
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

stayaway
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Stayaway
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দূরে থাকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arrêt de travail
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

menjauhkan diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stayaway
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

stayaway
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

stayaway
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tetep wae
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

stayaway
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

stayaway
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लांब रहा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uzak dur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stayaway
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stayaway
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

stayaway
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stayaway
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

stayaway
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stayaway
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stayaway
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Stayaway
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stayaway

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STAYAWAY»

The term «stayaway» is normally little used and occupies the 129.750 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STAYAWAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «stayaway» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «stayaway» 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 stayaway

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STAYAWAY»

Discover the use of stayaway in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stayaway and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Unarmed Insurrections: People Power Movements in Nondemocracies
1984 Nationwide Protest and persuasion election boycott Boycott of Tricameral Aug. 1984 Nationwide Noncooperation Parliament elections Occupation of British Sept. 1984 Durban Disruptive nonviolent consulate intervention Stayaway Nov.
Kurt Schock, 2005
2
Beggar Your Neighbours: Apartheid Power in Southern Africa
The crisis was triggered by a two-day general strike, or 'stayaway', in the industrial belt around Johannesburg on 5 and 6 November, 1984. It was the first time that community groups, emboldened by their success over the August elections, ...
Joseph Hanlon, 1986
3
Public Participation in Democratic Governance in South Africa
COSATU called for a three-day stayaway from 6 to 8 June 1988, to show mass opposition to the Labour Bill as well as the continuing national state of emergency and the restrictions imposed on various political, community and trade union ...
Gregory F. Houston, Richard Humphries, Ian Liebenberg, 2001
4
Diamonds on a River of Tears
The work stayaway had been well publicized, and my uncle instructed me to remain at home. But I was determined not to miss out on the protest this time, even though I had heard at school that participation in the march had been limited to the ...
Lr Penn, 2009
5
From Protest to Challenge: A Documentary History of African ...
A Transvaal Stayaway Committee flyer (Document 51) enumerated some of the demands of the stayaway. Other publicity demanded the withdrawal of troops from the townships, a moratorium on bus fare as well as rent hikes, and the abolition ...
Gail M. Gerhart, Clive L. Glaser, 2010
6
South Africa: No Turning Back
A key turning point was a 'stayaway' in November 1984 (in protest against the military invasion of Sebokeng), which paralysed the Witwaterstrand for two days and in which 800 000 workers participated. FOSATU and CUSA unions actively ...
Shaun Johnson, 1989
7
South African Human Resource Management for the Public Sector
The more common name for protest action is stayaway, the phenomenon not unknown to most South Africans. Under the old Act, which was silent on the issue of stayaways, the Courts had great difficulty in dealing with them. Some presiding  ...
Barney Erasmus, Ben Swanepoel, Heinz Schenk, 2005
8
Mother Jones Magazine
They organized a three- day stayaway, giving residents only one night's notice, to avoid alerting the authorities. Soweto residents working in town had no inkling of the news that awaited them at home that evening. But the next morning, ...
9
Indicator South Africa
To attend funerals of IS unrest victims killed during real protests LMG estimates that 85% of Sowetans stayaway, resulting in 38% drop in worker attendance in manufacturing sector and 27% in retail sector in Johannesburg region. Only 5 000 ...
‎1987
10
Good Over Evil
As the wildfire of popular resistance that had erupted on September 3rd gathered national momentum, the Release Mandela Committee in Soweto called a work stayaway on the 17th of the month. Here evidence was manifested that the ...
Meche Okwesili, 2003

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STAYAWAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stayaway is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cyprus tourism looking up despite stayaway Russians
The Cyprus tourism sector recorded a 1.5 percent fall in arrivals in June but the overall number so far this year has exceeded one million for the first time in a ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
2
Generations actors on stayaway
Image by: WALDO SWIEGERS. Actors of the popular SABC1 soapie Generations embarked on a stayaway this week, according to a report. Save & Share. Email. «Times LIVE, Aug 14»

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