stand out

English

Verb

stand out (third-person singular simple present stands out, present participle standing out, simple past and past participle stood out)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To be obvious or conspicuous, in contrast to one's surroundings.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VIII

     The path led straight across the clearing into another forest, lying upon the verge of which I saw a bit of white. It appeared to stand out in marked contrast and incongruity to all its surroundings, and when I stopped to examine it, I found that it was a small strip of muslin--part of the hem of a garment.

   • 2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, BBC Sport:

     The Scottish midfielder had an impressive game for Villa and his passing and vision stood out throughout.

Related terms

• stand-out
• outstanding

Translations

be obvious in contrast to one's surroundings

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 引人注目 (cmn) (yǐnrénzhùmù)

• Czech: vynikat (cs)
• Finnish: pistää silmään, erottua (joukosta), nousta esiin
• French: se détacher (fr), ressortir (fr), se démarquer (fr)
• Galician: sobresaír (gl)
• German: herausragen (de)
• Interlingua: esser conspicue, esser saliente

• Italian: distinguersi (it)
• Japanese: 目立つ (ja) (めだつ, medatsu)
• Polish: wyróżniać się (pl)
• Russian: выделяться (ru) (vydelját'sja) impf., выделиться (ru) (výdelit'sja) pf.
• Spanish: destacarse (es)
• Turkish: fark edilmek (tr), göze çarpmak (tr)