standing

See also: Standing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstændɪŋ/

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Etymology 1

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.

Verb

standing

1. present participle of stand
   • 1991, Backdraft

     So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

Adjective

standing (not comparable)

1. Erect, not cut down.
2. Performed from an erect position.

   standing ovation

3. Remaining in force or status.

   standing committee

4. Stagnant; not moving or flowing.

   standing water

5. Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.

   a standing colour

6. Not movable; fixed.

   a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed

   the standing rigging of a ship

Antonyms

• (stagnant): moving, working (committees)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• fullstanding
• self-standing
• standing joke
• standing order

• standing ovation
• standing room
• standing seam
• standing wave

Translations

upright

• Bulgarian: стоящ (bg) (stojašt), изправен (bg) (izpraven)
• German: vertikal (de)
• Polish: stojący

• Spanish: vertical (es)
• Swedish: stående (sv)

permanent

• German: ständig (de)
• Polish: pozostający

• Spanish: permanente (es)

water

• Bulgarian: стоящ (bg) (stojašt)
• Dutch: stilstaand (nl)
• German: aufgestaut

• Spanish: estancado (es)
• Swedish: stående (sv)

Etymology 2

From Middle English standyng, stonding, stondung, from Old English *standung, equivalent to stand +‎ -ing.

Noun

standing (countable and uncountable, plural standings)

1. Position or reputation in society or a profession.

   He does not have much of a standing as a chemist.

   • 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[1]

     The males constantly test their standing, looking to move up in the hierarchy.

2. Duration.

   a member of long standing

3. The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:

     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.

   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A VVorke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:

     I will provide you and your fellows of a good standing to see his entry

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Psalms 69:2:

     I think in deep mire, where there is no standing.;

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. (Britain) 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.

7. (UK, slang, obsolete) The location on a street where a market trader habitually operates.

   Synonym: pitch

Derived terms

• class standing
• hard standing
• good standing

Translations

position in society

• Bulgarian: статус (bg) (status)
• Catalan: posició (ca) f, categoria (ca) f, rang (ca) m
• German: Stellung (de) f, Ansehen (de) n, Reputation (de) f, Leumund (de) m, Ruf (de) m
• Gothic: 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 f (griþs)
• Maori: tupu (mi), tūnga

• Portuguese: reputação (pt) f
• Spanish: posición (es) f
• Swedish: ställning (sv) c

duration

• Bulgarian: продължителност (bg) f (prodǎlžitelnost)
• German: Dauer (de) f

• Spanish: duración (es) f

the act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands

• German: Stehen n, Stehplatz (de) m

the position of a team in a league or of a player in a list

• Bulgarian: класиране n (klasirane)
• German: Platz (de) m, Tabellenplatz (de) m, Listenplatz m, Position (de) f, Tabellenposition f

• Swedish: plats (sv) c

References

• (market trader's pitch): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English standing.

Noun

standing

1. in bato lata; an instance where the can is standing upright and, still in play, after being hit and pushed out of its ring

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Faroese

Etymology

standa (“to stand”) +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstantɪŋk]

Noun

standing f (genitive singular standingar, uncountable)

1. erection

Declension

Declension of standing (singular only)
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^(key): /stɑ̃.diŋ/

Noun

standing m (plural standings)

1. standing, status
2. Level of quality or comfort, especially about real estate

   appartement de grand standing

Further reading

• “standing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English standing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtandin/, [esˈt̪ãn̪.d̪ĩn]

Noun

standing m (plural standings)

1. status, standing, class

   de alto standing ― high-class

Further reading

• “standing”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014