IDIOMS
in sb's / sth's stead (formal) instead of sb/sth:
Foxton was dismissed and John Smith was appointed in his stead.
stand sb in good stead to be useful or helpful to sb when needed:
Your languages will stand you in good stead when it comes to finding a job.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for stead is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is stead a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, stead is tagged as noun.
Does stead appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — stead appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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