The Collaborative International Dictionary
Standing \Stand"ing\, n.
The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand.
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Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing.
An ancient thing of long standing.
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Place to stand in; station; stand.
I will provide you a good standing to see his entry.
--Bacon.I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing.
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Condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing.
Standing off (Naut.), sailing from the land.
Standing on (Naut.), sailing toward land.
Usage examples of "standing off".
The Axumites were standing off to one side, at the edge of the crowd.
Telzey had been transferred from the car that picked her up in Beale to a small space cruiser standing off Orado.
She was standing off on the side lines waiting for her date when I first caught sight of her.
Instead of standing off at a distance and bombarding his enemy, he was plunging straight into their massed fleet of ships.
Worse, Brat knelt there, too, Ruby standing off to the side, while the two women gently removed the bloke’.
The group began turning their heads to stare at Telzey, standing off by the wall with a Sattaram who seemed to have put himself in charge of her.
She was standing off to one side near the oil, a glass of wine in her hand.
These latter were used in mass, and so could generally count on the dead space above the turret being covered by another tank, standing off at a distance.
Her scowl took in Nynaeve, Elayne, and the sisters standing off from the circle as well.
This was two days later, and they were in a Service ship standing off Tinokti.