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still adverb /stɪl/ /stɪl/ Idioms jump to other results continuing until a particular point in time and not finishing- I am very happy that you all are still alive and well.
- Tickets are still available for the 8 o'clock performance.
- He's still very young and has a lot to learn.
- She still has a chance to win the title.
- If you still need help next week, contact me.
- I wrote to them last month and I'm still waiting for a reply.
- There's still time to change your mind.
Extra Examples- I've been playing for 12 years but I still get excited about going to practice.
- It's still too early to tell how this will end.
- Do you still live at the same address?
- It was, and still is, my favourite movie.
- Mum, I'm still hungry!
despite what has just been said- Although he promised faithfully to come, I still didn't think he would.
- We searched everywhere but we still couldn't find it.
- The weather was cold and wet. Still, we had a great time.
- I know it's not rational, but I still feel terribly guilty.
- He was wounded but he was still able to paint.
- used for making a comparison stronger
- The next day was warmer still.
- If you can manage to get two tickets that's better still.
- still more/another even more
- There was still more bad news to come.
Word Originadverb Old English stille (adjective and adverb), stillan (verb), of West Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘be fixed, stand’.
Idioms it's still early days | it's early days (yet) - (British English) used to say that it is too soon to be sure how a situation will develop
- It's still early days. We don't know if the play will be a success.
- and certainly not
- No explanation was offered, still less an apology.
- He’s too shy to ask a stranger the time, much less speak to a room full of people.
still adjective /stɪl/ /stɪl/ Idioms jump to other results not moving; calm and quiet- A fallen tree floated in the still water.
- Keep still while I brush your hair.
- The kids found it hard to stay still.
- Can't you sit still?
- We stayed in a village where time has stood still (= life has not changed for many years).
see also stock-stillExtra Examples- Hold still a minute while I pin your dress up.
- I held the cat still while the vet gave the injection.
- Please sit still!
- Suddenly everything went still.
- Hold the ladder still while I try to get over the wall.
- I wish you'd keep still.
- Keep your head still.
- Stand still when I'm talking to you!
- Stay absolutely still.
- The cat remained perfectly still.
- The surface of the lake was calm and still.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryverbsadverbSee full entry - [not before noun] a still photograph or image does not move, in contrast to a moving image from a film or video
- At this time cinema began to influence both still photography and painting.
- with no wind
- a still summer’s day
- the still night air
Extra Examples- It was a completely still, warm evening.
- The air was strangely still and silent.
- Her voice carried on the still air.
- It was a still night and the tall trees stood silently against the stars.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryverbsadverbSee full entry - (British English) (of a drink) not containing bubbles of gas; not fizzyTopics Drinksc1
Word Originadjective Old English stille (adjective and adverb), stillan (verb), of West Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘be fixed, stand’.
Idioms - (literary) the time during the night when it is quiet and calm
- (literary) the voice of God or your conscience, that tells you to do what is morally right
- (saying) a person who seems to be quiet or shy may surprise you by knowing a lot or having deep feelings
- a photograph of a scene from a film or video
- a publicity still from his new movie
- The police studied the stills from the security video.
Topics Film and theatrec2 - a piece of equipment that is used for making strong alcoholic drinks see also distil
Word Originnoun sense 1 Old English stille (adjective and adverb), stillan (verb), of West Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘be fixed, stand’. noun sense 2 mid 16th cent.: from the rare verb still ‘extract by distillation’, shortening of distil.
still verb /stɪl/ /stɪl/ [intransitive, transitive] (literary) jump to other results - to become calm and quiet; to make something calm and quiet
- The wind stilled.
- still somebody/something She spoke quietly to still the frightened child.
- (figurative) to still somebody’s doubts/fears
- His words stilled my fears.
Word Originverb Old English stille (adjective and adverb), stillan (verb), of West Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘be fixed, stand’.
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