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still

still

1.0
Continuing to happen now
  • adverb
  • /stɪl/
translation icon : todavía
  • Even though it's getting late, we are still waiting for the bus.
  • still today
  • still need
  • still alive

So he's stuck there now, still working with Nero.

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Examples

Synonyms

continuously
vsstill
95 2.3

Happens without stopping or pausing

refers to something that continues up to a particular present time

Antonyms

1.9

Not happening now although it happened before

Happening with short pauses that stop and start again

2.4

Becoming different over time

Idioms

still green
  • Informal
2 5.2

A person who is new and not yet experienced in a job or field

9.9

To feel very excited and moved by something you like

Compounds

11 3.7

A painting of arranged objects like fruit or flowers

4 1.4

Calm water in a lake or pond with no waves

2 6.2

Not moving at all

still hunt
  • Jargon
1 8.1

A way of hunting where the hunter moves very quietly or waits in one spot to surprise animals

1 1.2

Water without bubbles that people drink from bottles

Coffey still
  • Specialized
9.6

A machine that runs without stopping to separate alcohol from fermented grain or fruit to make spirits like whisky

still room
  • Archaic
9.9

A small room near the kitchen where drinks and preserves are made and stored

How Continuous

continuously
95 2.3
constantly
740 1.0
still
1.0
regularly
386 1.0
often
1.0
sometimes
1.0
occasionally
438 2.0

Surface Forms

still positive

Etymology

Still meaning 'continuing' comes from an old word for 'continuing' or 'unchanged', so it tells us something keeps happening up to now; that's why we ask, 'Are you still going?' when something stays the same.