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    <title>standing</title>
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      <text xml:space="preserve">{{wikipedia|standing (disambiguation)}}
==English==

{{rank|foot|beauty|attention|619|standing|books|knows|try}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/ˈstændɪŋ/}}
* {{audio|en-us-standing.ogg|Audio (US)}}

===Verb===
'''standing'''

# {{present participle of|stand}}; in the process of coming to an upright position.

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|-}}

# [[erect|Erect]], not [[cut down]].
#: ''So you punched out a [[window]] for [[ventilation]]. Was that ''[[before]]'' or ''[[after]]'' you [[notice|noticed]] you were [[standing]] in a '''[[lake]] of [[gasoline]]'''?'' - Robert DeNiro, ''[[w:Backdraft (film)|Backdraft]]''
# Performed from an erect [[position]].
#: '''''standing''' ovation''
# [[remaining|Remaining]] in [[force]] or status.
# [[stagnant|Stagnant]]; not [[moving]] or [[flowing]].
#: '''''standing''' water''
#: '''''standing''' committee''

====Derived terms====
* [[standing joke]]
* [[standing order]]
* [[standing ovation]]
* [[standing seam]]
* [[standing wave]]

====Antonyms====
* {{sense|stagnant}} [[moving]], [[working]] (''committees'')

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# [[position|Position]] or [[reputation]] in [[society]] or a [[profession]]: &quot;''He does not have much of a '''standing''' as a chemist''&quot;.
# [[duration|Duration]].
# The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
# {{sports}} The [[position]] of a [[team]] in a [[league]] or of a [[player]] in a [[list]]: &quot;''After their last win, their '''standing''' went up three places''&quot;.
# {{British}} room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
#* '''1992''', P.D. James, ''The Children of Men'', page 28:
#: &quot;There was no garage at Lathbury Road, but we had '''standing''' for two cars in front of the house.&quot;
#* '''2000''', Bob Breen, ''Mission Accomplished, East Timor'', page 149:
#: &quot;The engineering crisis boiled down to roads, hard '''standing''', and waste.&quot;
# {{legal}} 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.

====Derived terms====
* [[class standing]]
* [[hard standing]]
* [[good standing]]

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==Faroese==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|[ˈstandːɪŋg]|lang=fo}}

===Etymology===
From ''[[standa]]'' (to stand).

===Noun===
'''standing''' {{f}} {{s}}

# [[erection]]

====Declension====
{{fo-decl-noun-f6-s|standing}}

====Synonyms====
* [[reðurstøða]]

[[Category:Faroese nouns]]
[[Category:fo:Physiology]]

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==French==

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|en|fr}} {{term|standing|lang=en}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/stɑ̃diŋ/|lang=fr}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

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