how to pronounce stayed

/ˈstɛɪd/

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stayed is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of stayed in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… advice actually and I stayed away from …”

meanings of stayed

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of stay.

stayed frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word stayed occurs in english on average 50.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.