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11Stead — [sted], 1) C. K. (Christian Karlson), neuseeländischer Schriftsteller, * Auckland 17. 10. 1932; war Professor für Literatur an der Auckland University, heute freier Feuilletonist; wurde international bekannt durch seine einflussreiche Studie …
12stead — O.E. stede place, position, standing, delay, related to standan to stand, from P.Gmc. *stadiz (Cf. O.S. stedi, O.N. staðr, Swed. stad, Du. stede place, O.H.G. stat, Ger. Stadt town, Goth. staþs place …
13stead|i|er — «STEHD ee uhr», noun. a person or thing that steadies: »She uses her cane for a steadier …
14stead|i|ly — «STEHD uh lee», adverb. in a steady manner; with regularity in habits; firmly; evenly; uniformly; unwaveringly; steadfastly: »[He] saw life steadily and saw it whole (Matthew Arnold) …
15stead — bed·stead; door·stead; home·stead·er; in·stead; mar·ket·stead; noon·stead; on·stead; plum·stead; ran·stead; road·stead; room·stead; stead·fast·ly; stead·fast·ness; stead·i·ly; stead·i·ment; stead·i·ness; stead·ing; stead·ite; stead; thing·stead;… …
16stead — [[t]ste̱d[/t]] 1) PHRASE: PHR after v If you do something in someone s stead, you replace them and do it instead of them. [FORMAL] We hope you will consent to act in his stead... My grandmother and aunt will be there in my parents stead. 2)… …
17Stead, C.K. — ▪ New Zealander author in full Christian Karlson Stead born Oct. 17, 1932, Auckland, N.Z. New Zealand poet and novelist who gained an international reputation as a critic with The New Poetic: Yeats to Eliot (1964), which became a standard …
18Stead — This interesting name with spellings of Stead, Steed, Steade and Stede, has two distinct possible origins, both Olde English. The first is a locational surname from a place in the West Riding of Yorkshire called Stead . This was named from the… …
19stead — /sted/, n. 1. the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute: The nephew of the queen came in her stead. 2. Obs. a place or locality. 3. stand in good stead, to be useful to, esp. in a critical situation: Your experience… …
20stead — UK [sted] / US noun stand/put/hold someone in good stead to be useful or helpful to someone It s a useful experience which will stand you in good stead later in life. do something in someone s stead …
