Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stay the course

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.08 in modern English

Syllables: stay the -course
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To persist or continue, especially in the face of difficulties.

Example Sentences

"If you decide to stay the course and finish engineering school, it will mean long hours and sleepless nights."
"This sort of thing is meat and drink to the born Controller—and Controllers are born with the right imperturbable temperament for the job; hence the fact that they are recruited from many different grades of operating staff, and some recruits don't stay the course."

Inflected Forms

stays the course (present, singular) staying the course (participle, present) stayed the course (participle, past) stayed the course (past)

Phrases

go the distance stay the distance

Frequently Paired Words

go the distance stay the distance

Synonyms

stay the distance

Questions

What does stay the course mean?: To persist or continue, especially in the face of difficulties.

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