standing
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See also: Standing
Pronunciation
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
- present participle and gerund 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)
- 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
- all standing
- free-standing
- from a standing start
- fullstanding
- last man standing
- long-standing
- self-standing
- standing army
- standing cloud
- standing committee
- standing crop
- standing cup
- standing desk
- standing eight
- standing end
- standing ground
- standing joke
- standing mile
- standing O
- standing order
- standing ovation
- standing part
- standing rib
- standing rigging
- standing room
- standing seam
- standing start
- standing stock
- standing stone
- standing wave
Translations
upright
permanent
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Etymology 2
From Middle English standyng, stonding, stondung, from Old English *standung, equivalent to stand + -ing.
Noun
standing (countable and uncountable, plural standings)
- (figurative) Position or reputation in society or a profession.
- He does not have much of a standing as a chemist.
- 2023 June 29, Graham Russell, “Wagner mutiny has weakened Putin, says Scholz, as Russian president makes rare public visit”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- The Russian president has given a series of public addresses this week in a bid to repair his public standing, and portray Wagner’s march on Moscow as a moment that unified Russia.
- Duration.
- a member of long standing
- The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; 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.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 69:2:
- I sinke in deepe mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deepe waters, where the flouds ouerflow me.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- I will provide you and your fellows of a good standing to see his entry
- (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."
- (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.
- to have standing
- 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.
- 2023 July 12, Erum Salam, “Fox News faces another defamation lawsuit involving Tucker Carlson”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Legal experts noted earlier this week that while Epps will have to prove that Carlson’s claims damaged his reputation, he presents a strong argument and therefore likely has standing.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) The location on a street where a market trader habitually operates.
- Synonym: pitch
Derived terms
- class standing
- hard standing
- good standing
- social standing
Descendants
- → German: Standing
Translations
position in society
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duration
the act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands
See also
- (legal): cause of action
References
- (market trader's pitch): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
Etymology
Noun
standing
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
standing f (genitive singular standingar, uncountable)
Declension
| Declension of standing (singular only) | ||
|---|---|---|
| f6s | singular | |
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | standing | standingin |
| accusative | standing | standingina |
| dative | standing | standingini |
| genitive | standingar | standingarinnar |
Synonyms
- reðurstøða
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
standing m (plural standings)
Further reading
- “standing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
standing m (plural standings)
Further reading
- “standing”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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