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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English standen, from Old English standan (“to stand, occupy a place, be valid, stand good, be, exist, take place, consist, be fixed, remain undisturbed, stand still, cease to move, remain without motion, stop, maintain one’s position, not yield to pressure, reside, abide, continue, remain, not to fall, be upheld”), from Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”) (compare Old Frisian standa, Old Saxon standan, Old High German stantan, Old Norse standa, Gothic  (standan)), derived from Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”) (compare West Frisian stean, Dutch staan, German stehen, Danish/Norwegian stå), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (compare Irish seas, Latin stare, Lithuanian stóti, Old Church Slavonic стояти (stojati), Albanian shtoj (“to increase”), Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to put”), Avestan  (hištaiti), Sanskrit तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati)). Cognate with Scots stand (“to stand”), West Frisian stean (“to stand”), North Frisian stean (“to stand”), German dialectal standen (“to stand”), Swedish stånda (“to stand”), Norwegian standa (“to stand”), Faroese standa (“to stand”), Icelandic standa (“to stand”), Russian стоять (“to stand”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

stand (third-person singular simple present stands, present participle standing, simple past stood, past participle stood or (archaic) standen)

A painting of a girl standing.
  1. (intransitive) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
    Here I stand, wondering what to do next.
  2. (intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
    Stand up, walk to the refrigerator, and get your own snack.
  3. (intransitive) To remain motionless.
    Do not leave your car standing in the road.
  4. (intransitive, followed by to + infinitive`) To be positioned to gain or lose.
    He stands to get a good price for the house.
  5. (intransitive, cricket) To act as an umpire.
  6. (transitive) To undergo; withstand; hold up.
    The works of Shakespeare have stood the test of time.
  7. (transitive, negative) To tolerate.
    I can’t stand when people don’t read the instructions.
    I can’t stand her.
  8. (intransitive) To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
  9. (transitive) To place in an upright or standing position.
    He stood the broom in a corner and took a break.
  10. (intransitive, UK) To seek election.
    He is standing for election to the local council
  11. (intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
    • 1630, John Smith, True Travels, in Kupperman 1988, p. 40:
      To repaire his defects, hee stood for the coast of Calabria, but hearing there was six or seven Galleyes at Mesina hee departed thence for Malta [...].
  12. (intransitive) to be valid.
    What I said yesterday still stands.
  13. (transitive) This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • 1957, Matt Christopher, Basketball Sparkplug, chapter 7 [1]:
      "Kim, Jack, and I will stand you guys," Jimmie Burdette said.
      "We'll smear you!" laughed Ron.
    • circa 1973, R. J. Childerhose, Hockey Fever in Goganne Falls, page 95 [2]:
      The game stopped while sides were sorted out. Andy did the sorting. "Okay," he said. "Jimmy is coming out. He and Gaston and Ike and me will stand you guys."
    • 1978, Louis Sachar, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, chapter 21 [3]:
      "Hey, Louis," Dameon shouted. "Do you want to play kickball?"
      ""All right," said Louis. "Ron and I will both play."
      […]
      "Ron and I will stand everybody!" Louis announced.

Usage notes [edit]

  • (tolerate): This is almost always found in a negative form such as can’t stand, or No-one can stand… In this sense it is a catenative verb that takes the gerund -ing or infinitive to.... See Appendix:English catenative verbs.

Derived terms [edit]

Terms derived from stand (verb)

Translations [edit]

to support oneself on the feet in an erect position
rise to one’s feet
remain motionless
act as an umpire
undergo; withstand; hold up
tolerate
be placed in an upright or vertical orientation
place in an upright or standing position
UK: seek election
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Noun [edit]

stand (plural stands)

  1. The act of standing.
    • Spectator
      I took my stand upon an eminence […] to look into their several ladings.
  2. A defensive position or effort.
  3. A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
    They took a firm stand against copyright infringement.
  4. A period of performance in a given location or venue.
    They have a four-game stand at home against the Yankees.
    They spent the summer touring giving 4 one-night stands a week.
  5. A device to hold something upright or aloft.
    He set the music upon the stand and began to play.
    an umbrella stand; a hat-stand
  6. The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
    She took the stand and quietly answered questions.
  7. A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
    This stand of pines is older than the one next to it.
  8. (forestry) A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
  9. A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
    • 1625, Francis Bacon, “Of Truth”, Essays
      One of the later school of the Grecians, examineth the matter, and is at a stand, to think what should be in it, that men should love lies; where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchant; but for the lie’s sake.
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I.168:
      Antonia's patience now was at a stand— / "Come, come, 't is no time now for fooling there," / She whispered […]
  10. A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
  11. A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
    a taxi stand
    • Shakespeare
      I have found you out a stand most fit, / Where you may have such vantage on the duke, / He shall not pass you.
  12. (US, dated) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
    a good, bad, or convenient stand for business
  13. (sports) grandstand (often in plural)
    • 2011 November 11, Rory Houston, “Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland”, RTE Sport:
      The end of the opening period was relatively quite [sic] as Vassiljev's desperate shot from well outside the penalty area flew into the stand housing the Irish supporters and then Ward's ctoss [sic] was gathered by goalkeeper Pareiko.
  14. (cricket) A partnership.
  15. (military, plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.
    • 1927, Herbert Asbury, The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld, Paragon House (1990), ISBN 1-55778-348-9, page 170:
      The police and troops captured eleven thousand stand of arms, including muskets and pistols, together with several thousand bludgeons and other weapons.
  16. (obsolete) Rank; post; station; standing.
    • Daniel
      Father, since your fortune did attain / So high a stand, I mean not to descend.
  17. (dated) A state of perplexity or embarrassment.
    to be at a stand what to do
  18. A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
  19. (obsolete) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Derived terms [edit]

Terms derived from the noun "stand"

Translations [edit]

defensive position or effort
resolute, unwavering position
period of performance
device to hold something upright or aloft
platform on which a witness testifies in court
particular grove or other group of trees
forestry: contiguous group
standstill, motionless state
small building or booth
designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait
sports: grandstand
cricket: partnership
military: single set
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Danish [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /stand/, [sd̥anˀ]

Noun [edit]

stand c (singular definite standen, plural indefinite stande)

  1. stand (device to hold something upright or aloft)
  2. stand (small building or booth)

Inflection [edit]

    Inflection of stand
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative stand standen stande standene
genitive stands standens standes standenes

Noun [edit]

stand c (singular definite standen, plural indefinite stænder)

  1. position, social status, station
  2. class, rank
  3. occupation, trade, profession
  4. estate

Inflection [edit]

    Inflection of stand
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative stand standen stænder stænderne
genitive stands standens stænders stændernes

Noun [edit]

stand c

  1. (uncountable) condition, repair

Related terms [edit]

Dutch [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old Dutch *stand, from Proto-Germanic *standaz. Related to staan. See also stellen.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

stand m (plural standen, diminutive standje)

  1. posture, position, bearing
  2. rank, standing, station; class
  3. score (of a game, match)
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Derived terms [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

From English stand.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /stɛnt/

Noun [edit]

stand m (plural stands, diminutive standje)

  1. stand (small building or booth)
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Anagrams [edit]

German [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

stand

  1. First-person singular preterite of stehen.
  2. Third-person singular preterite of stehen.

Gothic [edit]

Romanization [edit]

stand

  1. See 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳

Italian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English.

Noun [edit]

stand m (invariable)

  1. stand (section of an exhibition; gallery at a sports event)
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Old English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *standaz.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /stɑnd/

Noun [edit]

stand m

  1. (rare) delay

Declension [edit]

    Declension of stand (strong a-stem)
Singular Plural
nominative stand standas
accusative stand standas
genitive standes standa
dative stande standum

Old High German [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *standaz, whence also Old English stand.

Noun [edit]

stand m

  1. stand (clarification of this Old High German definition is being sought)
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