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Top 500verb, imperfective

сто́ить

[ˈstoɪtʲ]to cost

Frequency rank #141 About 1 in every 1,200 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
стоить #141

Meaning

  1. to cost
  2. to be worth
  3. to be worthy of, to deserve

Examples

Э́то сто́ит больши́х де́нег.

It costs a lot of money.

Но́чи в сентябре́ холо́дные, а сто́ит то́лько взойти́ со́лнцу, и хо́лода как не быва́ло.

The nights in September are cold, but once the sun rises, it's as if the cold had never been.

Forms by frequency

  • сто́итsingular, 3rd person, present#233
  • сто́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#530
  • сто́илоneuter, singular, past#1,154
  • сто́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#1,368
  • сто́ятplural, 3rd person, present#3,066
  • сто́ишьsingular, 2nd person, present#3,833
  • сто́юsingular, 1st person, present#4,282
  • сто́итьinfinitive#4,372
  • сто́итеplural, 2nd person, present#8,504
  • сто́имplural, 1st person, present#9,185
  • сто́яpresent, gerund#9,482
  • сто́илаfeminine, singular, past#14,144
  • сто́илmasculine, singular, past#14,397
  • сто́ящийpresent, participle#22,623

and 4 more forms

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