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stare

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English staren, from Old English starian (“to stare”), from Proto-Germanic *starājanan (“to be fixed, be rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *stere-, *strē- (“strong, steady”). Cognate with Dutch staren (“to stare”), German starren (“to stare”), Norwegian stare (“to stare”), German starr (“stiff”). More at start.

Pronunciation

Verb

stare (third-person singular simple present stares, present participle staring, simple past and past participle stared)

  1. (intransitive, construed with at) To look fixedly (at something).

Troponyms

Derived terms

Noun

stare (plural stares)

  1. A persistent gaze.

Anagrams

Dutch

Verb

stare

  1. singular present subjunctive of staren.

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From Latin stāre, present active infinitive of stō.

Pronunciation

Verb

stare (intransitive)

  1. To stay, to remain.
  2. To be.
  3. To live.
    • Mia sorella sta a Roma. - My sister lives in Rome.
  4. (followed by a) To keep or stick.
  5. (followed by a) To be up to.
    • Sta a te decidere. - It's up to you to decide.
  6. (mathematics) To be.
    • 4 sta a 8 come 5 sta a 10. - 4 is to 8 as 5 is to 10.

Synonyms

Related terms

Conjugation

Conjugation of stare
infinitive stare
auxiliary verb essere gerund stando
present participle stante past participle stato
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei noi voi essi/esse
present sto stai sta stiamo state stanno
imperfect stavo stavi stava stavamo stavate stavano
past historic stetti stesti stette stemmo steste stettero
future starò starai starà staremo starete staranno
conditional io tu lui/lei noi voi essi/esse
present starei staresti starebbe staremmo stareste starebbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei che noi che voi che essi/che esse
present stia stia stia stiamo stiate stiano
imperfect stessi stessi stesse stessimo steste stessero
imperative - tu lui/lei noi voi essi/esse
sta, sta', stai stia stiamo state stiano

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Latin

Wikipedia has an article on: Stare decisis

Wikipedia

Verb

stāre

  1. present active infinitive of stō
    1. "to stand"
    2. "to stay, to remain"

Polish

Adjective

stare

  1. Neuter form of stary

Romanian

Etymology

From the verb sta.

Noun

stare f. (plural stări)

  1. status, standing, situation, position, condition

Derived terms

See also

Swedish

Noun

stare c.

  1. starling (a bird)

Declension

Declension of stare
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stare staren starar stararna
genitive stares starens starars stararnas

Tarantino

Verb

stare (intransitive)

  1. To stay, remain
  2. To be

Conjugation

 

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