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stať

Pronunciation: /stac/

“stať” is a Slovak word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to become (to acquire new properties or transition into a new state, profession, or status)
  2. to happen, to occur, to befall (to take place, especially regarding accidents or unexpected events)
  3. to take place (to occur as a result of a process or a specific wish)
  4. to arise, to set in, to emerge (to start to exist or happen, such as a state or condition)
  5. to stand up, to take a stand, to position oneself (to assume a standing position or occupy a specific spot)
  6. to stop, to halt (to cease movement; to come to a standstill)

noun

  1. article, essay, paper (a longer, usually scholarly or technical text on a specific topic, often part of a collection)
  2. passage, section, part (a cohesive and self-contained part of a larger literary or technical work)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stati. First attested in the 15th century.

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