The meaning of STEAD is the office, place, or function ordinarily occupied or carried out by someone or something else. How to use stead in a sentence.

Stead definition: the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute.. See examples of STEAD used in a sentence.

In their stead, they erected contractual communities, their members pledged to mutual assistance.

stead (stɛd) n. 1. the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute: The nephew of the queen came in her stead. 2. Obs. a place or locality.

Definition of stead noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

stead, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

The place or position of a person or thing as filled by a replacement, substitute, or successor. To send another in one's stead.

stead /stɛd/ n. [countable * usually singular] the place of a person or thing, as when a substitute takes over: The nephew of the queen came in her stead. Idioms Idioms stand (someone) in …

Synonyms for STEAD: advantage, edge, jump, opportunity, odds, vantage, start, better; Antonyms of STEAD: disadvantage, penalty, liability, strike, minus, drawback, detriment, handicap

In their stead came a new intermediate breed of service operatives working in administration, in finance, or in the professions.