staan
Sentences
Voorzitter , wij allen staan voor enorme uitdagingen waarop we een 🅰️ antwoord moeten vinden 🔍 .
🅰️
🔍
Mr President, we all face enormous challenges to which we have to find an answer.
Het wordt er al helemaal niet gemakkelijker op 🆙 als de winstmarges onder druk staan .
🆙
It becomes even more difficult when profit margins are in question.
Meaning
- (intransitive) to stand, to be upright
- (intransitive) to be, to be placed or located
- (auxiliary) Forms a continuous aspect. Although it carries an implication of standing, this is vague and is not strictly required or emphasized.
- (intransitive) to be present, have a stand or location
- (intransitive) to say, to be written, to be said (to be indicated in written form)
- (intransitive) to suit, fit, befit (of clothing)
- (auxiliary) Indicates a prospective outcome, or something that will happen in the near future
Concepts
Synonyms
verwijlen
rechtstaan
bepleisteren
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/staːn/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch stâen, from Old Dutch stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stān, from Proto-Germanic *stāną.
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