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Added 9 October 2026

stead

/stɛd/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about stead at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
can you go in my stead?

Origin

From Middle English sted, stede (noun) and steden (verb), from Old English stede, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (“standing, location”). Doublet of stad.

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