standing

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈstændɪŋ/

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Verb

standing

1. Present participle of stand.; in the process of coming to an upright position.

Adjective

standing (not comparable)

1. Erect, not cut down.

   So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline? - 1991, Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft

2. Performed from an erect position.

   standing ovation

3. Remaining in force or status.
4. Stagnant; not moving or flowing.

   standing water

   standing committee

Derived terms

• standing joke
• standing order
• standing ovation
• standing seam
• standing wave

Antonyms

• (stagnant): moving, working (committees)

Noun

standing (plural standings)

1. Position or reputation in society or a profession: "He does not have much of a standing as a chemist".
2. Duration.

   a member of long standing

3. The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.

   I will provide you a good standing to see his entry. — Francis Bacon.

   I think in deep mire, where there is no standing. — Psalms lxix. 2.

4. (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list: "After their last win, their standing went up three places".
5. (UK) room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
   • 1992, P.D. James, The Children of Men, page 28:

     "There was no garage at Lathbury Road, but we had standing for two cars in front of the house."

   • 2000, Bob Breen, Mission Accomplished, East Timor, page 149:

     "The engineering crisis boiled down to roads, hard standing, and waste."

6. (law) 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.

   He may be insulting, a miserable rotter and a fool, but unless he slanders or libels you, or damages your property, you do not have standing to sue him.

Derived terms

• class standing
• hard standing
• good standing

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: foot · beauty · attention · #619: standing · books · knows · try

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈstantɪŋk]

Etymology

From standa (“to stand”).

Noun

standing f (genitive singular standingar, uncountable)

1. erection

Declension

f6s	Singular
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	standing	standingin
Accusative	standing	standingina
Dative	standing	standingini
Genitive	standingar	standingarinnar

Synonyms

• reðurstøða

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French

Etymology

From English standing.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /stɑ̃diŋ/

Noun

standing m (plural standings)

1. standing, status

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Spanish

Noun

standing m (plural standings)

1. status, standing, class

   de alto standing

   high-class