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- [stan-ding]
- /ˈstæn dɪŋ/
- /ˈstæn.dɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [stan-ding]
- /ˈstæn dɪŋ/
Definitions of standing word
- noun standing rank or status, especially with respect to social, economic, or personal position, reputation, etc.: He had little standing in the community. 1
- noun standing good position, reputation, or credit: He is a merchant of standing in the community. 1
- noun standing length of existence, continuance, residence, membership, experience, etc.: a friend of long standing. 1
- noun standing standings, Sports. a list of teams or contestants arranged according to their past records: According to the standings, the White Sox are leading the division by three games. 1
- noun standing the act of a person or thing that stands. 1
- noun standing a place where a person or thing stands. 1
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Origin of standing
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1300-50; See origin at stand, -ing1, -ing2
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Parts of speech for Standing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
standing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
standing usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for standing
noun standing
- acceptability — capable or worthy of being accepted.
- attitude — Your attitude to something is the way that you think and feel about it, especially when this shows in the way you behave.
- baccalaureate — The baccalaureate is an examination taken by students at the age of eighteen in France and some other countries.
- ballgame — any game played with a ball
- bourgeoisie — In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie are the middle-class people who own most of the wealth in a capitalist system.
adj standing
- apoplectic — If someone is apoplectic, they are extremely angry about something.
- at rest — not moving; still
- immotile — not able to move; not motile.
- in force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- motionless — without motion: a motionless statue.
adjective standing
- arrect — (of animals' ears) pricked up
- deadlocked — If a dispute or series of negotiations is deadlocked, no agreement can be reached because neither side will give in at all. You can also say that the people involved are deadlocked.
- erect — Rigidly upright or straight.
- erectile — Able to become erect.
- existing — In existence or operation at the time under consideration; current.
Antonyms for standing
noun standing
- avigation — aerial navigation.
- decubitus — the posture adopted when lying down
- flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
- fugue — Music. a polyphonic composition based upon one, two, or more themes, which are enunciated by several voices or parts in turn, subjected to contrapuntal treatment, and gradually built up into a complex form having somewhat distinct divisions or stages of development and a marked climax at the end.
- accumbency — (rare) The state of being accumbent or reclining.
adj standing
- creeping — (of a plant) having a stem that grows horizontally along the ground and throws out roots at intervals
- in situ — in the original place
- inching — a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- lotus — a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
adjective standing
- worming — Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
Top questions with standing
- why did alexandra krosney leave last man standing?
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