Synonym: lieu, place, position. Similar words: steady, instead, steadily, unsteady, instead of, homestead, steadfast, unsteadily. Meaning: [sted] 
n. the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
n. the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another. 
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1. Pearson was appointed to go in Harrison's stead.
2. My years of teaching stood me in good stead.
3. My anorak has stood me in good stead this winter.
4. Your languages will stand you in good stead when it comes to finding a job.
5. They have stood the Royal Navy in good stead.
6. Equal tax laws had been enacted in their stead.
7. These shoes had stood him in good stead.
8. Her impartiality stood me in good stead.
9. The class would later serve Amelia in good stead[sentencedict.com], giving her her first practical knowledge of how engines worked.
10. That has always stood me in good stead in the past.
11. It stood them in good stead again in 1976 when drought caused many villages to be supplied with stand pipes.
12. I can't attend the meeting but I'll send my assistant in my stead.
13. Adams took a succession of jobs which have stood him in good stead.
14. We hope you will consent to act in his stead.
15. Getting some work experience now will stand you in good stead when you apply for a permanent job.
16. Foxton was dismissed and John Smith was appointed in his stead.
17. The subject is practically useful and will stand you in good stead when looking for a job.
18. The marketing manager was ill and her deputy ran the meeting in her stead.
19. His years of training were standing him in good stead.
20. But her beloved circus may have served her in better stead than regular outings to, say, the ballet.
21. Garcia is unable to attend, but will send the foreign minister in his stead.
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22. As a small boy, I devised my own set of cartoon animals, and they now stood me in good stead.
23. The change in the secretary general is likely to stand her in good stead with committee Chairman Jesse Helms, R-N.
24. You wish to have Sergeant Mack superseded - yourself appointed in his stead.
25. As I developed I became a big bloke and that stood me in good stead.
26. Their technical knowledge had always stood them in good stead: Why abandon it now, when they felt so insecure?
27. If you develop good habits they will stand you in good stead in your business and managerial career.
28. Now we had moved on to bigger and better things, this predictability still stood us in good stead.
29. A man-made clock would certainly prove a useful accessory to astronomical reckoning but could never stand in its stead.
30. The 356 series was about to die and in its stead was coming the 911.
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