What does stay behind mean?

Definitions for stay behind
stay behind

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word stay behind.


Did you actually mean step on it or stop payment?

Wiktionary

  1. stay behindnoun

    An agent who lives in a foreign country, and can be activated in certain circumstances.

  2. stay behindverb

    To remain where one is, whilst others leave.

How to pronounce stay behind?

How to say stay behind in sign language?

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stay behind in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stay behind in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of stay behind in a Sentence

  1. Hillary Clinton on Tuesday:

    I want to do more to help those who stay behind, who raise the kids, who support the families, while their loved one is off representing our country.

  2. Chuck Morgan:

    I had told everybody that that was going to happen on the day that Pudge was going into the Hall of Fame, and I was going to stay behind and make sure that happened, It was a great moment.

  3. Mohsen Qamsari:

    One of the methods to ensure the country's oil sale is buying refineries in other countries but this has to be approved by the administration and the parliament, this is a method that countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, the U.S., China and leading oil giants like Royal Dutch Shell and BP have adopted and we should not stay behind them in this field.

  4. Ben Moor:

    These are the people who in the past year, in the past 10 months, have given their all. And then you give them the opportunity to stay behind, and they kind of thrive, and it's giving something back, some control or agency, over this awful thing we've been through.

  5. Former Vice President Dick Cheney:

    They withdrew as quickly as possible and left no stay-behind force there. They created a vacuum. And the vacuum was filled by ISIS.

Translation

Find a translation for the stay behind definition in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

Please enter your email address:


Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"stay behind." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 7 May 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/stay+behind>.

Discuss these stay behind definitions with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for stay behind? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Definitions.net

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    restoring confidence and relieving anxiety
    A reassuring
    B greedy
    C urban
    D whirring

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for stay behind: