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UK
/stˈændɪŋ/
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[ US /ˈstændɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈstændɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(of fluids) not moving or flowing
mosquitoes breed in standing water -
having a supporting base
a standing lamp -
permanent
a standing army -
executed in or initiated from a standing position
a standing ovation
a standing jump
race from a standing start -
(of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs
standing room only -
not created for a particular occasion
a standing committee
NOUN
- an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event
- the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position
-
social or financial or professional status or reputation
of equal standing
a member in good standing
How To Use standing In A Sentence
- Luckily, I have a very understanding boss.
- Ask for an aged standing rib roast from the forequarter, trimmed and chined; bring to room temperature before roasting.
- The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Iran Election Live-Blogging (Saturday June 20 Part II)
- Advancing age has occasionally brought resolution, more often just a little understanding, to many of these riddles, but not necessarily to the resilient ambiguity of history.
- Words are confusing, but they're nothing compared to non-words, mainly because non-words lead to rash assumptions and misunderstandings.
- This research has done much to advance our understanding of language learning.
- Your Honour, we have not appealed against that, but what we do say is that we have sufficient standing to obtain either of the prerogative writs if ultimately the Court were minded to grant them and we do not really need more than that.
- An established order of seeing, of understanding, of ruling, is simply exploded - the Modernist spirit asserts itself.
- The men were standing in a ring.
- For example, I see in yonder cupboard near which you are standing, several of what you call boxes (but like everything else in Flatland, they have no tops nor bottoms) full of money; I see also two tablets of accounts. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated)
