standing

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of stand

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Erect, not cut down.
2. (not-comparable) Performed from an erect position.
3. (not-comparable) Remaining in force or status.
4. (not-comparable) Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
5. (not-comparable) Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
6. (not-comparable) Not movable; fixed.

Noun

1. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Position or reputation in society or a profession.
2. (countable, uncountable) Duration.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
4. (countable, uncountable) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.
5. (British, countable, uncountable) Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
6. (countable, uncountable) 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.
7. (UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) The location on a street where a market trader habitually operates.

Synonyms

permanent

upright

status

position

condition

state

abiding

staying

rank

stagnant

erect

regular

situation

stand

stand-up

station

🚉

constant

reputation

lasting

role

being

standing up

circumstances

capacity

fame

posture

duration

function

standard

standstill

stand up

remaining

stationary

steadfast

repute

level

enduring

mounting

erection

name

estate

dignity

permanence

perpetual

vertical

vertically

persistent

place

pose

post

prestige

putting

rebellion

regard

regularity

renown

reserve

residence

resident

residing

revolt

riot

rumour

score

seat

💺

sedition

service

setting

shoes

shooting

site

snub

square

stabile

stable

stagnation

stale

stalling

stance

stander

stands

stasis

stay

stead

steady

stopped

stopping

straight

straight ahead

sustainable

sustained

thesis

tiptoe

unalterable

unceasing

uninterrupted

up

🆙

upstanding

waiting

warrior

good name

length of service

orthostatic

putting up

first-string

advocacy

being situated

military position

statant

speaking in favor

speaking against

stop

🛑

attitude

bearing

case

changeless

class

continual

continuance

continuation

continuous

dead

💀

deadlocked

depot

directly

drive

durable

dwelling

endurance

esteem

eternal

everlasting

expecting

exposure

fixed

glory

grade

growing

halting

hearsay

identity

idle

indelible

insurgence

insurgency

invariable

inveterate

job

kudos

layover

length

living

longevity

mutiny

on

🔛

perennial

period

popularity

Translations

debout

gesteldheid

stand

staat

permanent

stehend

Stand

situatie

Ansehen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstændɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: standynge

Inherited from Old English: standende

Inherited from Middle English: standyng

Inherited from Old English: *standung

In summary

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.

Sentences

A kid is standing on a swing at a playground .

The whole police force standing on it's ear .

He was standing on a pickup truck with a megaphone and propagated his opinion .