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vb. (en-third-person singularstand for)
Usage examples of "stands for".
But he stands for Norway, and it's always good for me to start with Hedda when I want to get the feeling of playing a part again.
The 'L' stands for 'Long'-because you, Ira, had a woodscolt by one one of my daughters on some frontier planet back in the careless days of your youth and just recently got around to registering the fact in the Archives.
So you come to me because you know that I am an opponent of Martok and all he stands for.
The King of Cups stands for a dishonest, double-dealing man: roguery, vice, scandal, you name it.
A wooden stage held an old Fender amplifier, two microphones, a stool, and four guitar stands for Friday night festivities.
But for some reason it had never crossed my mind that I'd ever play host to the President of the United States, which is what Potus stands for.