stand

Meaning

Verb

1. (copulative, intransitive) To position or be positioned physically:
2. (intransitive) To position or be positioned physically:
3. (copulative, intransitive) To position or be positioned physically:
4. (intransitive) To position or be positioned physically:
5. (transitive) To position or be positioned physically:
6. (intransitive) To position or be positioned physically:
7. (intransitive) To position or be positioned physically:
8. (intransitive, usually) To position or be positioned physically:
9. (intransitive, with-infinitive, with-to) To position or be positioned mentally:
10. (transitive) To position or be positioned mentally:
11. (copulative, intransitive) To position or be positioned mentally:
12. (copulative, intransitive) To position or be positioned mentally:
13. (copulative, intransitive, obsolete) To position or be positioned mentally:
14. (intransitive) To position or be positioned socially:
15. (transitive) To position or be positioned socially:
16. (British, intransitive) To position or be positioned socially:
17. (intransitive) To position or be positioned socially:
18. (transitive) To position or be positioned socially:
19. (transitive) To position or be positioned socially:
20. (intransitive) To position or be positioned socially:
21. (intransitive) To position or be positioned socially:
22. (intransitive) To position or be positioned socially:
23. (intransitive) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
24. (copulative, intransitive) To remain without ruin or injury.
25. To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.

Noun

1. The act of standing.
2. A defensive position or effort.
3. A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
4. A period of performance in a given location or venue.
5. A device to hold something upright or aloft.
6. The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
7. (historical) An area of raised seating for waiters at the stock exchange.
8. A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
9. A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
10. A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
11. A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
12. A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
13. (US, dated) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
14. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical) Ellipsis of tavern stand (“a roadside inn”).
15. Grandstand. (often in the plural)
16. A partnership.
17. A single set, as of arms.
18. (obsolete) Rank; post; station; standing.
19. (dated) A state of perplexity or embarrassment.
20. A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
21. A location or position where one may stand.
22. An advertisement filling an entire billboard, comprising many sheets of paper.

Noun

1. (Scotland, US, dated) A container which stands upright, such as a barrel or cask.
2. (obsolete) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.

Synonyms

bear

🐻

endure

stand up

stall

stop

🛑

rise

booth

tolerate

rack

support

stay

erect

get up

base

pedestal

put up with

frame

kiosk

withstand

viewpoint

halt

standstill

suffer

abide

position

resist

view

remain

set

stomach

hold

attitude

table

place

opinion

posture

be

shed

shelf

sit

🪑

grandstand

put

put up

persist

arise

stance

place upright

stick out

wait

digest

Translations

être debout

stehen

staan

debout

stare in piedi

levantarse

وقف

permanecer

aufstehen

alzarsi

στέκομαι

kiosque

stand

estar de pie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stænd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: standen

Inherited from Old English: standan

Cognate with Scots: stand

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: stounde

Cognate with Western Frisian: stean

Cognate with German: standen

Cognate with Danish: stande

Cognate with Swedish: stånda

Cognate with Norwegian: standa

Cognate with Faroese: standa

Cognate with Icelandic: standa

Cognate with Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽

Cognate with Russian: стоя́ть

Cognate with Irish: seas

Cognate with Latin: stare

Cognate with Lithuanian: stóti

Cognate with Church Slavic: стояти

Cognate with Albanian: shtoj

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ἵστημι

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌

Cognate with Sanskrit: तिष्ठति

Cognate with Dutch: staan

Cognate with German: stehen

Cognate with Danish: stå

Inherited from Middle English: stand

In summary

From Middle English stonden, standen (verb) and stand, stond (noun, from the verb), from Old English standan (“to stand, occupy a place”), from Proto-West Germanic *standan, from Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), from Pre-Germanic *sth₂-n-t-´, an innovative extended n-infixed form of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots stand (“to stand”), Saterland Frisian stounde (“to stand”), West Frisian stean (“to stand”), dialectal German standen (“to stand”), Danish stande (“to stand”), Swedish stånda (“to stand”), Norwegian standa (“to stand”), Faroese standa (“to stand”), Icelandic standa (“to stand”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (standan), Russian стоя́ть (stojátʹ, “to stand”). Also from *steh₂-: Irish seas, Latin stare, Lithuanian stóti, Old Church Slavonic стояти (stojati), Albanian shtoj (“to increase”), Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to put”), Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (hištaⁱti), Sanskrit तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati). From the related Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”): West Frisian stean, Dutch staan, German stehen, Danish stå.

Sentences

Look , the seam is now broken , it couldn't stand the jerk .