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standing
[ stan-ding ]
noun
- rank or status, especially with respect to social, economic, or personal position, reputation, etc.:
He had little standing in the community.
- good position, reputation, or credit:
He is a merchant of standing in the community.
- length of existence, continuance, residence, membership, experience, etc.:
a friend of long 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.
- the act of a person or thing that stands.
- a place where a person or thing stands.
- Law. the right to initiate or participate in a legal action:
having standing as a friend of the court.
adjective
- having an erect or upright position:
a standing lamp.
- performed in or from an erect position:
a standing jump.
- still; not flowing or stagnant, as water; stationary.
- continuing without cessation or change; lasting or permanent.
- continuing in operation, force, use, etc.:
a standing rule.
- customary or habitual; generally understood:
We have a standing bridge game every Friday night.
- Printing. kept for use in subsequent printings:
standing type.
- out of use; idle:
a standing engine.
- Nautical. noting any of various objects or assemblages of objects fixed in place or position, unless moved for adjustment or repairs:
standing bowsprit.
- Knots. noting the part of a rope that is in use and terminates in a knot or the like.
standing
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noun
- social or financial position, status, or reputation
a man of some standing
- length of existence, experience, etc
- modifier used to stand in or on
standing room
adjective
- athletics
- (of the start of a race) begun from a standing position without the use of starting blocks
- (of a jump, leap, etc) performed from a stationary position without a run-up
- prenominal permanent, fixed, or lasting
- prenominal still or stagnant
a standing pond
- printing (of type) set and stored for future use Compare dead
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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Kent will be someone to watch as JSerra tries to climb in the Trinity League standings.
Until this redesign, the Farm House Motel “was a homeless encampment for a long time,†said James Elliott, 29, standing by the pop-up market at the grand opening event.
It really has to be ordinary Americans, citizens, just standing up for our rights, because that's the only way to defeat authoritarianism.
But it was after the GGB hosts openly embraced Trump, Nieman said, that she turned against them: "If you have good moral standing, you just do not support someone like Donald Trump."
My 401k's not doing great, Social Security is on the line and I don't think the tariffs are going to help America's standing on the world platform.
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