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Standing
Definitions
- 1 Erect, not cut down. not-comparable
- 2 Performed from an erect position. not-comparable
"standing ovation"
- 3 Remaining in force or status. not-comparable
"standing committee"
- 4 Stagnant; not moving or flowing. not-comparable
"standing water"
- 5 Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting. not-comparable
"a standing colour"
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- 6 Not movable; fixed. not-comparable
"a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed"
- 1 having a supporting base wordnet
- 2 (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs wordnet
- 3 executed in or initiated from a standing position wordnet
- 4 (of fluids) not moving or flowing wordnet
- 5 not created for a particular occasion wordnet
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- 6 permanent wordnet
- 1 A surname.
- 1 Position or reputation in society or a profession. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"He does not have much of a standing as a chemist."
- 2 the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position wordnet
- 3 Duration. countable, uncountable
"a member of long standing"
- 4 an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event wordnet
- 5 The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands. countable, uncountable
"Tech[elles]. I heare them come, ſhall wee encounter them? Tam[burlaine]. Keep all your ſtandings, and not ſtir a foot, Myſelfe will bide the danger of the brunt."
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- 6 social or financial or professional status or reputation wordnet
- 7 The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list. countable, uncountable
"After their last win, their standing went up three places."
- 8 Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles British, countable, uncountable
""There was no garage at Lathbury Road, but we had standing for two cars in front of the house.""
- 9 The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates. countable, uncountable
"to have standing"
- 10 The location on a street where a market trader habitually operates. UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
- 1 present participle and gerund of stand form-of, gerund, participle, present
"So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?"
Etymology
From Middle English standynge, stondynge, standende, stondinde, standande, stondande, from Old English standende, stondende, from Proto-Germanic *standandz (“standing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), equivalent to stand + -ing.
From Middle English standynge, stondynge, standende, stondinde, standande, stondande, from Old English standende, stondende, from Proto-Germanic *standandz (“standing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), equivalent to stand + -ing.
From Middle English standyng, stonding, stondung, from Old English *standung, equivalent to stand + -ing.
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