Noun
a summer internship will stand you in good stead when applying to college
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Noun
These impressive results were borne out in the pleasing image quality in our photo and video ad-hoc testing, and put the monitor in good stead for movie or photo viewing and even light photo editing.—Tony Hoffman, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024 Watch on Deadline This grounding stood her in good stead for a story that sent shockwaves through the U.S. election campaign.—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024 The onus is now going to be on others to step up in their stead.—Vincent Frank, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 There, the pair were feted by Afghan officials, with Pete now walking in John’s stead, fulfilling his earlier promise to replace one of the brothers if anything happened to them during their journey.—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stead
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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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