standing
See also: Standing
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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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
- 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?
- 1991, Backdraft
Adjective
standing (not comparable)
- Erect, not cut down.
- Performed from an erect position.
- standing ovation
- Remaining in force or status.
- standing committee
- Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
- standing water
- Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
- a standing colour
- Not movable; fixed.
- a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed
- the standing rigging of a ship
Antonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
upright
permanent
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water
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Etymology 2
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From Middle English standyng, stonding, stondung, from Old English *standung, equivalent to stand + -ing.
Noun
standing (countable and uncountable, plural standings)
- 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.
- Duration.
- a member of long standing
- 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.
- (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.
- (British) 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."
- 1992, P.D. James, The Children of Men, page 28:
- (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
Translations
position in society
the act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands
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the position of a team in a league or of a player in a list
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Cebuano
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English standing.
Noun
standing
- in bato lata; an instance where the can is standing upright and, still in play, after being hit and pushed out of its ring
Faroese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
standing f (genitive singular standingar, uncountable)
Declension
Declension of standing (singular only) | ||
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f6s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | standing | standingin |
accusative | standing | standingina |
dative | standing | standingini |
genitive | standingar | standingarinnar |
Synonyms
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English standing.
Pronunciation
Noun
standing m (plural standings)
- standing, status
- 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.
Spanish
Noun
standing m (plural standings)
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