Noun
a summer internship will stand you in good stead when applying to college
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In his stead, several young men — all less than half his age — were happy to do the shirt-stripping and -whipping honors.—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024 Bruce Willis was not in attendance, but his wife Emma Heming Willis and daughter Tallulah Willis appeared in his stead, receiving applause from the capacity crowd.—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024 His wife was appointed in his stead and held the position for nearly two years until being ousted in a special election, losing by a narrow margin.—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Jan. 2024 Donald Trump wanted his daughter Ivanka Trump to take over The Apprentice in his stead, a new book reveals, but NBC had other ideas.—Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024 Queen Camilla stepped in his stead at the event at Worcester Cathedral, reportedly becoming the first consort to distribute Maundy money to local pensioners at the ceremony, which parallels Jesus washing the Apostles’ feet at the Last Supper.—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024 The outing reportedly came to be because a mutual friend who was originally set to accompany Frederik around Madrid got sick, and asked Casanova, who is an expert in Picasso art, to go in his stead.—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024 Another inflection point came in 2021, when former mixed martial arts fighter and hard-right council member Tito Ortiz resigned from his post and the remaining members appointed a Democrat, Rhonda Bolton, in his stead.—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024 The Kings’ other left blue-liner, Andreas Englund, actually played one second less than his season average of time on ice, with winger Adrian Kempe skating several shifts on defense in Anderson’s stead.—Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 24 Feb. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English stede, from Old English; akin to Old High German stat place, Old English standan to stand — more at stand
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3
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