- 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
See still in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee still in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishit'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.
much/still less
- 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.
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