📚#Thesaurus:
⚪️stay ➖to not leave a place, or to be in a place for a particular period of time:
✨Stay where you are and don’t move.
✨John only stayed at the party for a couple of hours.
⚪️remain #formal ➖to stay somewhere. In
#written_English, people often prefer to use
remain rather than
stay, because it sounds more formal:
✨Some 2,000 protesters remained outside the building and refused to leave.
✨The judge recommended that he remain in jail for the rest of his life.
⚪️linger ➖to stay in a place a little longer than you need to, because you are enjoying yourself, or because you hope to see someone or something:
✨He lingered outside the lecture hall, hoping for a chance to talk to her.
✨There are plenty of small cafés where you can linger over a cappuccino.
⚪️loiter ➖to stay in a place not doing anything – used when you think someone is waiting for the chance to do something bad or illegal:
✨The two men had been seen loitering in the area on the day that the car was stolen.
⚪️hang around #informal ➖to stay somewhere not doing anything:
✨There are gangs of boys hanging around on street corners.
✨I don’t mind hanging around for a few minutes.
✨The boss doesn’t like being kept hanging around.
⚪️stick around #informal ➖to stay in the same place or situation for a period of time, especially while you are waiting for something to happen or someone to arrive:
✨I decided to stick around and see how it all turned out.
✨Make up your mind. I’m not going to stick around forever.
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