standing

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstændɪŋ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ændɪŋ

Etymology 1

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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.

Verb

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standing

  1. present participle and gerund of stand
    • 1991, Backdraft:
      So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

Adjective

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standing (not comparable)

  1. Erect, not cut down.
  2. Performed from an erect position.
    standing ovation
  3. Remaining in force or status.
    standing committee
  4. Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
    standing water
  5. Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
    a standing colour
  6. Not movable; fixed.
    a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed
    the standing rigging of a ship
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English standyng, stonding, stondung, from Old English *standung, equivalent to stand +‎ -ing.

Noun

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standing (countable and uncountable, plural standings)

  1. (figurative) Position or reputation in society or a profession.
    He does not have much of a standing as a chemist.
    • 2017 March, Jennifer S. Holland, “For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival”, in National Geographic[1]:
      The males constantly test their standing, looking to move up in the hierarchy.
    • 2023 June 29, Graham Russell, “Wagner mutiny has weakened Putin, says Scholz, as Russian president makes rare public visit”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
      The Russian president has given a series of public addresses this week in a bid to repair his public standing, and portray Wagner’s march on Moscow as a moment that unified Russia.
  2. Duration.
    a member of long standing
  3. The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
  4. (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.
    After their last win, their standing went up three places.
  5. (British) Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
    • 1992, P. D. James, The Children of Men, page 28:
      "There was no garage at Lathbury Road, but we had standing for two cars in front of the house."
    • 2000, Bob Breen, Mission Accomplished, East Timor, page 149:
      "The engineering crisis boiled down to roads, hard standing, and waste."
  6. (UK, slang, obsolete) The location on a street where a market trader habitually operates.
    Synonym: pitch
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Descendants
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  • German: Standing
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See also

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References

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  • (market trader's pitch): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English standing.

Noun

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standing

  1. in bato lata; an instance where the can is standing upright and, still in play, after being hit and pushed out of its ring

Faroese

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Etymology

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standa (to stand) +‎ -ing

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Noun

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standing f (genitive singular standingar, uncountable)

  1. erection

Declension

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Declension of standing (singular only)
f6s singular
indefinite definite
nominative standing standingin
accusative standing standingina
dative standing standingini
genitive standingar standingarinnar

Synonyms

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French

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Etymology

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From English standing.

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Noun

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standing m (plural standings)

  1. standing, status
  2. Level of quality or comfort, especially about real estate
    appartement de grand standing

Further reading

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English standing.

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Noun

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standing m (plural standings)

  1. status, standing, class
    de alto standinghigh-class

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