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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
standing
I.adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a regular/standing army (=permanent and existing whether there is a war or not)
▪ The regular army has about 5,000 troops.
a sitting/kneeling/standing position
▪ The priest rose from his kneeling position by the bed.
a standing committee (=a permanent one)
an open/standing invitation (=an invitation to do something at any time you like)
▪ Phillip kindly gave me an open invitation to stay at his villa in Tuscany.
sb’s standing in the polls (=how popular a poll shows them to be)
▪ The President's standing in the polls declined sharply.
standing in a line
▪ The four men were standing in a line on the other side of the table.
standing in the doorway
▪ There was Paolo, standing in the doorway.
standing order
standing ovation (=everyone stood up)
▪ The Chancellor’s entrance was greeted with a standing ovation.
standing room only (=no seats were left)
▪ There was standing room only in the courthouse.
standing room
▪ There was standing room only no seats were left in the courthouse.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
charge
▪ Budgeting Loans are repayable and are not available to help towards mains fuel consumption and standing charges.
▪ South West Water, for instance, has the highest standing charges in the country.
▪ Will he take steps to abolish standing charges or is he the Scrooge of the 1990s?
▪ According to market researcher Datamonitor, 3 million people cut up their credit cards in 1991 when standing charges were introduced.
▪ For consumers who use 1,000 units or less a new tariff is introduced, with no standing charge.
▪ A new tariff for low electricity users will also be introduced which has no standing charge.
committee
▪ In the same period the power of standing committee chairmen was further eroded by the institutionalization and proliferation of sub-committees.
▪ It consisted of 148 standing committees and 313 adhoc committees.
▪ Committees are of two kinds, standing committees and all other committees.
▪ It then enters the committee stage, when standing committees within the House scrutinize the bill.
▪ It will contain details of the work of the standing committees of the Bar Council together with other financial and statistical data.
ovation
▪ And by now, every point won by Forget received a wild, standing ovation.
▪ Administrator Michael Barnes was given a standing ovation after addressing the audience.
▪ There were more standing ovations than I've ever heard.
▪ A blonde Tory had stripped and received a standing ovation from a minority of her audience.
▪ The delegates accorded Ciaran Ryan a standing ovation.....
▪ After the concert she had to wait for four minutes before McCartney could rejoin her ... while he accepted a standing ovation.
▪ As he fell, a smoking black handprint on his chest, he heard the standing ovation building.
▪ In the end, Linfield left the pitch to a standing ovation from the Windsor faithful.
position
▪ Once a standing position has been attained, the face above will come as a blessed relief!
▪ Or try working in a standing position.
▪ When they had left the cinema, they found it had been raining so Yanto decided the standing position would be favourite.
▪ Assume a kneeling position and then put one foot in front of the other to come back into a standing position.
▪ In the water, she rolls into a standing position, still in the star shape, and opens her legs wide.
▪ With this foot and all the solidity and strength of her right leg she levered herself into a standing position.
room
▪ In fact, it's standing room only even for fish fingers.
▪ The last time I travelled on it there was standing room only.
▪ In addition there was standing room for 1,000.
▪ Unlike the human case, however, there seem to be no limiting factors such as food supply or standing room.
stone
▪ The standing stone rose white in the darkness.
▪ There are also churches built on pagan sites which have standing stones in the churchyard.
▪ From here she could see to the house, the standing stone between like a lightning.
▪ Each standing stone collects the raw power and channels it to its inward neighbour.
▪ There's speculation about the connections between the standing stones and the mounds in the area.
▪ Hollowed out mid-way was a small chamber which contained seven standing stones, now clamped to the walls with metal hoops.
▪ The earliest settlers left behind them a remarkable array of monuments: standing stones, burial chambers, villages and brochs.
▪ She walked back over to the standing stones and leant her forehead against one of them.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
leave sb/sth standing
sb can do sth standing on their head
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He pulled himself up very slowly to a standing position.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And by now, every point won by Forget received a wild, standing ovation.
▪ Everyone will, as per standing Union agreements, receive outplacement counselling, redundancy payments.
▪ There were more standing ovations than I've ever heard.
▪ With a standing order you tell your branch exactly how much is to be paid and when.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
financial
▪ Promissory notes and bills of exchange are often guaranteed or endorsed by a third party of financial standing.
▪ Clearly the financial standing of the drawer and drawee are important in determining the rate of discount.
▪ Reports on the financial standing and integrity of individuals and businesses abroad and suggested credit limits.
free
▪ The modules can be offered as free standing courses, or linked together or with other modules in integrated programmes.
▪ Inner: once erected the inner is a free standing unit.
▪ Ornament taken: Thieves stole a £70 free standing stone ornament from a garden at a house in Brompton Road, Northallerton.
▪ Potterton free standing gas central heating boiler.
▪ Inner: spacious inner with a good amount of height which makes a free standing dome before the fly is fitted.
▪ Case study. Free standing units offer valuable review and new language in highly professional settings.
▪ Union Carbide is to spin off its industrial gases business to form a free standing company.
▪ Beds on cruise ships may either be free standing or bunk beds. g. Will there be self service at mealtimes?
high
▪ Again the same point emerges: high social standing and systematic training did not mix.
▪ The parson's high social standing in the community remained until recent times.
▪ The annual conference is held in September on a particular theme, and attracts participants of high international standing.
▪ And it looks like maintaining its high standing for years to come.
▪ All of us there were so stunned that a man of such high standing in the golf world could be so uncaring.
▪ Mathematics journals had the highest standing internationally, with nearly a third of contributions coming from abroad.
▪ It is also possible for research students to transfer from one degree to another research degree of a higher standing.
▪ The latter must have adequate experience of such lending techniques and high standing in the international banking community.
international
▪ The annual conference is held in September on a particular theme, and attracts participants of high international standing.
▪ He had indeed returned the nation to a semblance of domestic normality and international standing.
▪ An enfeebled Lloyd's would harm the City of London's international standing.
left
▪ There had been half a dozen bottles of red wine left standing in a corner of the huge kitchen hearth.
▪ An inefficient lift pump can often take several revolutions of the engine if hot and left standing for a short time.
▪ It must be because they are historic that they have been left standing.
▪ I stayed in the one house left standing, a guest house in a ghost town of cracked jambs and gaping doorways.
▪ Sister came out and took charge, and Juliet was left standing outside, wondering who she could ask.
▪ I was just left standing on the street corner, microphone in hand.
▪ Passengers were left standing on the pavement at 8.30 am while police led him away.
▪ By now the only part of Mr. Rainsford's brewery left standing was the taproom kept for luck like an old horseshoe.
long
▪ Indeed, perhaps inimical to ours, in view of the hostility of such long standing between man and rat.
▪ The institution of bishops he defends as convenient and of long standing, rather than as based on Apostolic succession.
▪ This act brought to a head problems of long standing whose roots were to be found in two factors.
▪ Social institutions of long standing sustain their own value systems.
▪ Robert Bouchère is another of her friends of long standing.
▪ First, respondents are asked if they have any long standing illness, disability or infirmity.
▪ This is referred to as long standing limiting illness.
▪ Autnomic neuropathy is a frequent complication of long standing diabetes mellitus.
social
▪ Again the same point emerges: high social standing and systematic training did not mix.
▪ In many similar households, sons of some social prestige and standing were at least nominally subject to their fathers' authority.
▪ Generally the social standing of female Guardians was higher than male Guardians.
▪ The parson's high social standing in the community remained until recent times.
▪ In practice, however, issues such as the colour and social standing of the victim will also play a major part.
▪ In return Hubert gave her security, pleasant surroundings, a degree of social standing and, of course, the twins.
▪ The other system stressed that alliances could be maintained by remarriage and could be used to improve social standing.
▪ The social standing enjoyed by doctors is of course formidably high.
young
▪ He could see a woman holding a young baby standing at the end of the hall.
▪ There was a young man standing in the porch and looking around him.
▪ A little way along there was a young man standing between two stalls with a tray suspended by a strap around his neck.
▪ Gaveston looked at the young page boy standing near him, a goblet of wine in his small white hands.
■ NOUN
army
▪ Armed forces: No standing army since 1868; citizens under 60 liable to military service in emergency.
▪ With over a third of the standing army enrolled in the colonies, the situation became dangerous and Nicholas phased them out.
▪ Of about forty tracts on the standing army issue, only one was written by an identifiable Tory.
▪ In the first place, the creation of a regular standing army marked a qualitative change in the authority of the monarchy.
▪ Success depended upon discovering ways to supply the standing army.
▪ With no standing army the Crown did not require any equivalent military body.
▪ The case for following the Western example of reducing the costly standing army by building a reserve of trained men became incontrovertible.
committee
▪ Elections happen every year, yes, but it's always the standing committee that gets elected.
▪ A standing committee was set up to co-ordinate the international relief effort.
▪ Operating as a standing committee of Council, its membership comprises: Two members nominated from each of the 22 district societies.
▪ Yao Yilin and Song Ping, both hardline conservatives, were removed from the standing committee.
▪ The majority of members serving on the Association's various standing committees are elected from the representatives on the council.
▪ Hu had served on the politburo standing committee and secretariat.
▪ A detailed clause by clause analysis of the Bill by a standing committee of between 1-50 M.P.s.
figure
▪ Just outside the cage, there seemed to be a figure standing and watching them.
▪ Only as the car approached them did Ludens think he glimpsed a figure standing in the shade under a tree.
▪ But there was a figure standing there.
▪ Jessamy opened her eyes, then swiftly closed them again as she saw his tall figure standing there.
▪ A solitary figure standing there in a trench coat under one of the street lamps?
▪ Her eyes lifted from the books before her on the desk to the tall, powerful figure standing just a few feet away.
▪ There was a figure standing in the corner by an open window.
man
▪ I looked in the same direction and saw a group of men standing and staring at us.
▪ We had observed a uniformed man standing there, on the inside.
▪ There was a young man standing in the porch and looking around him.
▪ Had Charles Sunderby imagined it, or had he really seen the figure of a man standing frozen at the wheel?
▪ The man standing before her had earlier been on his knees on the opposite side from the woman.
▪ A movement caught his eye and he looked back at the man standing on the steps of the rear coach.
▪ There was a man standing over the patient looking down at the face completely encased in bandages.
ovation
▪ Outspoken speeches were given which received spontaneous standing ovations.
▪ Only when the inevitable standing ovation was over, and their work was done in the conference hall, could they relax.
▪ A packed Hall of graduates and undergraduates gave Baroness Park an affectionate standing ovation at the end of her after dinner speech.
▪ After 29 songs, he earned a rather subdued standing ovation.
stone
▪ Ornament taken: Thieves stole a £70 free standing stone ornament from a garden at a house in Brompton Road, Northallerton.
▪ The strange standing stones, remnants of a burial chamber, are said to house an invisible living occupant - Wayland.
▪ In addition to the circle, there was the King Stone standing stone and the Whispering Knights, a dolmen in close proximity.
▪ A circle of standing stones ringed the open space, ancient and mysterious.
▪ In their places were great standing stones, tall and thin and pointing for ever to the sky.
woman
▪ She reminded Bowring of a streetwalker in some film, that image of a woman standing under a lamp surrounded by darkness.
▪ There was a woman standing beside Mahmoud.
▪ He'd tried to hurry Eloise away, to sidetrack the woman standing in their path.
■ VERB
enhance
▪ This may have been coincidence or, as we noted earlier, a deliberate ploy to enhance his own standing.
▪ Yet far from ruining the reputation of Camilla, the claims seemed only to enhance her standing within royal circles.
▪ Some Members have claimed that the coverage the committees have received has enhanced their standing and authority.
find
▪ Early this morning she woke to find a masked gang standing in her bedroom.
▪ I opened the door to find Mrs Puri standing to attention outside.
▪ Seb opened the door to find Melody standing outside in the darkness.
▪ They broke into a trot and found Mary standing in the middle of a thicket.
▪ She looked up slowly, dully, to find a tiny lass standing by her, silently beckoning.
▪ He said nothing as he found her standing on the pier, but accepted her silent invitation to walk.
▪ I whipped the key out and turned to run through the Square only to find Shifty-Eyes standing blocking the pavement.
▪ When she got back, she found William standing by the open door of the fire escape.
improve
▪ The other system stressed that alliances could be maintained by remarriage and could be used to improve social standing.
▪ Bishop Auckland have also moved heaven and earth to improve their standing.
▪ Chemicals and pharmaceuticals, for example, have improved their standing against other companies in the top 200.
leave
▪ Some are slow, leaving you standing, resigned, up an avenue where no one you know stays.
▪ Bidding her wait, he left her standing while he walked slowly to the car and inspected it.
▪ He went, leaving the door standing open.
▪ He left her standing by the bank of lockers, and headed back toward the door.
▪ And how dared he leave her standing out here in the bailey like a ... like a serf?
▪ Her skirt dropped, leaving her standing in petticoat shreds.
▪ I still have an abundance of energy that leaves my contemporaries standing.
▪ Without her even being aware of it he had somehow moved into the cabin, leaving her standing at the open door.
remain
▪ Theodora remained standing, polishing her reading glasses vigorously.
▪ The lumps of stonework that had remained standing now crumbled.
▪ She remained standing, evidently not very sure how to begin.
▪ Then the gunman slumped, and Ellis remained standing, and she realised that the shot had missed.
▪ For a moment Geoffrey's poor twisted, now virtually headless, body remained standing.
▪ Romanov remained standing while he took in the room.
▪ Only those convicted of criminal offences and President Ibrahim Babangida himself remain banned from standing in the elections.
▪ Gabriel remained standing at the top of the steps: Garvey told him to do so.
see
▪ I saw another soldier standing behind him.
▪ She hurried downstairs and saw Sam Morgan standing beside the van, smiling at her encouragingly.
▪ It was the first time Jess had been aware of seeing her standing.
▪ When she opened her eyes and saw Patrick standing in the room she started up with a cry.
▪ Once she looked round and saw the driver standing, his back to her, leaning against the van.
▪ So near that, had he glanced sideways, he would have been bound to see her standing with Thomas.
▪ He saw Donald standing over him, a can of beans in his hand.
▪ Who was the tall man I had seen standing against the moon?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a man of standing and wealth
▪ Graduates from certain colleges have a lower standing in the eyes of employers.
▪ Jacques Tati was a man of international standing in the world of screen comedy.
▪ Japan wants a U.N. Security Council seat, to match the country's international standing.
▪ Stefano's standing as an artist has improved over the past few years.
▪ TBS has maintained its standing among the top four cable stations.
▪ The class system in Great Britain encourages people to be very aware of their social standing.
▪ This legal case is very likely to damage the company's professional standing.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ You don't have to jeopardize your standing in the staffroom.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Standing

Stand \Stand\ (st[a^]nd), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stood (st[oo^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Standing.] [OE. standen; AS. standan; akin to OFries. stonda, st[=a]n, D. staan, OS. standan, st[=a]n, OHG. stantan, st[=a]n, G. stehen, Icel. standa, Dan. staae, Sw. st[*a], Goth. standan, Russ. stoiate, L. stare, Gr. 'ista`nai to cause to stand, sth^nai to stand, Skr. sth[=a]. [root]163. Cf. Assist, Constant, Contrast, Desist, Destine, Ecstasy, Exist, Interstice, Obstacle, Obstinate, Prest, n., Rest remainder, Solstice, Stable, a. & n., Staff, Stage, Stall, n., Stamen, Stanchion, Stanza, State, n., Statute, Stead, Steed, Stool, Stud of horses, Substance, System.]

  1. To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position; as:

    1. To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc. ``I pray you all, stand up!''
      --Shak.

    2. To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation.

      It stands as it were to the ground yglued.
      --Chaucer.

      The ruined wall Stands when its wind-worn battlements are gone.
      --Byron.

  2. To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.

    Wite ye not where there stands a little town?
    --Chaucer.

  3. To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.

    I charge thee, stand, And tell thy name.
    --Dryden.

    The star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
    --Matt. ii. 9.

  4. To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources.

    My mind on its own center stands unmoved.
    --Dryden.

  5. To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.

    Readers by whose judgment I would stand or fall.
    --Spectator.

  6. To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition. ``The standing pattern of their imitation.''
    --South.

    The king granted the Jews . . . to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life.
    --Esther viii. 11.

  7. To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.

    We must labor so as to stand with godliness, according to his appointment.
    --Latimer.

  8. To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.

  9. To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist. ``Sacrifices . . . which stood only in meats and drinks.''
    --Heb. ix.

  10. Accomplish what your signs foreshow; I stand resigned, and am prepared to go.
    --Dryden.

    Thou seest how it stands with me, and that I may not tarry.
    --Sir W. Scott.

    10. To be consistent; to agree; to accord.

    Doubt me not; by heaven, I will do nothing But what may stand with honor.
    --Massinger.

  11. (Naut.) To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.

    From the same parts of heaven his navy stands.
    --Dryden.

  12. To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.

    He stood to be elected one of the proctors of the university.
    --Walton.

  13. To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.

    Or the black water of Pomptina stands.
    --Dryden.

  14. To measure when erect on the feet.

    Six feet two, as I think, he stands.
    --Tennyson.

  15. (Law)

    1. To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide.
      --Bouvier.

    2. To appear in court.
      --Burrill.

  16. (Card Playing) To be, or signify that one is, willing to play with one's hand as dealt. Stand by (Naut.), a preparatory order, equivalent to Be ready. To stand against, to oppose; to resist. To stand by.

    1. To be near; to be a spectator; to be present.

    2. To be aside; to be set aside with disregard. ``In the interim [we] let the commands stand by neglected.''
      --Dr. H. More.

    3. To maintain; to defend; to support; not to desert; as, to stand by one's principles or party.

    4. To rest on for support; to be supported by.
      --Whitgift.

    5. To remain as a spectator, and take no part in an action; as, we can't just stand idly by while people are being killed. To stand corrected, to be set right, as after an error in a statement of fact; to admit having been in error. --Wycherley. To stand fast, to be fixed; to be unshaken or immovable. To stand firmly on, to be satisfied or convinced of. ``Though Page be a secure fool, and stands so firmly on his wife's frailty.'' --Shak. To stand for.

      1. To side with; to espouse the cause of; to support; to maintain, or to profess or attempt to maintain; to defend. ``I stand wholly for you.''
        --Shak.

      2. To be in the place of; to be the substitute or representative of; to represent; as, a cipher at the left hand of a figure stands for nothing. ``I will not trouble myself, whether these names stand for the same thing, or really include one another.''
        --Locke.

      3. To tolerate; as, I won't stand for any delay. To stand in, to cost. ``The same standeth them in much less cost.'' --Robynson (More's Utopia). The Punic wars could not have stood the human race in less than three millions of the species. --Burke. To stand in hand, to conduce to one's interest; to be serviceable or advantageous. To stand off.

        1. To keep at a distance.

        2. Not to comply.

        3. To keep at a distance in friendship, social intercourse, or acquaintance.

      4. To appear prominent; to have relief. ``Picture is best when it standeth off, as if it were carved.'' --Sir H. Wotton. To stand off and on (Naut.), to remain near a coast by sailing toward land and then from it. To stand on (Naut.), to continue on the same tack or course. To stand out.

        1. To project; to be prominent. ``Their eyes stand out with fatness.''
          --Psalm lxxiii. 7.

        2. To persist in opposition or resistance; not to yield or comply; not to give way or recede. His spirit is come in, That so stood out against the holy church. --Shak. To stand to.

          1. To ply; to urge; to persevere in using. ``Stand to your tackles, mates, and stretch your oars.''
            --Dryden.

          2. To remain fixed in a purpose or opinion. ``I will stand to it, that this is his sense.''
            --Bp. Stillingfleet.

        3. To abide by; to adhere to; as to a contract, assertion, promise, etc.; as, to stand to an award; to stand to one's word.

        4. Not to yield; not to fly; to maintain, as one's ground. ``Their lives and fortunes were put in safety, whether they stood to it or ran away.''
          --Bacon.

      5. To be consistent with; to agree with; as, it stands to reason that he could not have done so; same as stand with, below .

    6. To support; to uphold. ``Stand to me in this cause.'' --Shak. To stand together, to be consistent; to agree. To stand to reason to be reasonable; to be expected. To stand to sea (Naut.), to direct the course from land. To stand under, to undergo; to withstand. --Shak. To stand up.

      1. To rise from sitting; to be on the feet.

      2. To arise in order to speak or act. ``Against whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed.''
        --Acts xxv. 18.

      3. To rise and stand on end, as the hair.

      4. To put one's self in opposition; to contend. ``Once we stood up about the corn.'' --Shak. To stand up for, to defend; to justify; to support, or attempt to support; as, to stand up for the administration. To stand upon.

        1. To concern; to interest.

        2. To value; to esteem. ``We highly esteem and stand much upon our birth.''
          --Ray.

        3. To insist on; to attach much importance to; as, to stand upon security; to stand upon ceremony.

        4. To attack; to assault. [A Hebraism] ``So I stood upon him, and slew him.''
          --2 Sam. i. 10.

          To stand with, to be consistent with. ``It stands with reason that they should be rewarded liberally.''
          --Sir J. Davies.

Standing

Standing \Stand"ing\, a.

  1. Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn.

  2. Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water.

  3. Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color.

  4. Established by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing committees.

  5. Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed). Standing army. See Standing army, under Army. Standing bolt. See Stud bolt, under Stud, a stem. Standing committee, in legislative bodies, etc., a committee appointed for the consideration of all subjects of a particular class which shall arise during the session or a stated period. Standing cup, a tall goblet, with a foot and a cover. Standing finish (Arch.), that part of the interior fittings, esp. of a dwelling house, which is permanent and fixed in its place, as distinguished from doors, sashes, etc. Standing order

    1. (Eccl.), the denomination (Congregational) established by law; -- a term formerly used in Connecticut. See also under Order. (a) (Com.) an order for goods which are to be delivered periodically, without the need for renewal of the order before each delivery.

      Standing part. (Naut.) (a) That part of a tackle which is made fast to a block, point, or other object.

    2. That part of a rope around which turns are taken with the running part in making a knot or the like.

      Standing rigging (Naut.), the cordage or ropes which sustain the masts and remain fixed in their position, as the shrouds and stays, -- distinguished from running rigging.

Standing

Standing \Stand"ing\, n.

  1. The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand.

  2. 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.
    --Bunyan.

  3. 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.
    --Ps. lxix. 2.

  4. 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.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
standing

late 14c., verbal noun from stand (v.). In the sense of "rank, status," it is first recorded 1570s. Sense of "state of having existed for some time" is 1650s. Legal sense is first recorded 1924. Sports sense is from 1881. To be in good standing is from 1789. Standing room is from 1788.\n\nA young gentleman attempting to get into Drury-lane play-house, found there was such a croud of people that there was no room. Just without the door, a damsel of the town accosted him with 'can't you get in, sir?' to which he replied in the negative. 'If you'll go along with me, resumed she you may get in very easily, for I can furnish you with very good standing room.'

["The Banquet of Wit, or A Feast for the Polite World," London, 1790]

standing

late 14c., "at rest, motionless," also "permanent, not transient," present participle adjective from stand (v.). Meaning "having an erect position, upright" is from 1570s; that of "done while standing" is from 1630s. The sense in standing army (c.1600) is "permanent." Standing ovation is from 1902.

Wiktionary
standing

  1. 1 erect, not cut down. 2 Performed from an erect position. 3 remaining in force or status. 4 stagnant; not moving or flowing. 5 Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting. 6 Not movable; fixed. n. 1 position or reputation in society or a profession. 2 duration. 3 The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands. 4 (context sports English) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list. 5 (context British English) room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles 6 (context legal English) The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates. v

  2. (present participle of stand English); in the process of coming to an upright position.

Related phrases:
WordNet
standing

  1. n. social or financial or professional status or reputation; "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing"

  2. the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position

standing

  1. adj. having a supporting base; "a standing lamp" [syn: standing(a)]

  2. (of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water" [syn: standing(a)] [ant: running(a)]

  3. not created for a particular occasion; "a standing committee" [syn: standing(a)]

  4. maintaining an erect position; "standing timber"; "many buildings were still standing" [syn: upright] [ant: falling]

  5. executed in or initiated from a standing position; "a standing ovation"; "race from a standing start"; "a standing jump"; "a standing ovation" [syn: standing(a)] [ant: running(a)]

  6. (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs; "standing room only"; "a standing ovation" [ant: seated]

  7. permanent; "a standing army"

  8. not cut down; "standing timber"; "uncut trees" [syn: uncut]

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Standing (disambiguation)

Standing is a human position in which the body is held upright.

Standing may also refer to:

Law and legal concepts
  • Standing (law)
  • Third-party standing
Other
  • Standing (surname)
  • Social standing
Standing (law)

In law, standing or locus standi is the term for the ability of a party to demonstrate to the court sufficient connection to and harm from the law or action challenged to support that party's participation in the case. Standing exists from one of three causes:

  1. The party is directly subject to an adverse effect by the statute or action in question, and the harm suffered will continue unless the court grants relief in the form of damages or a finding that the law either does not apply to the party or that the law is void or can be nullified. This is called the "something to lose" doctrine, in which the party has standing because they directly will be harmed by the conditions for which they are asking the court for relief.
  2. The party is not directly harmed by the conditions by which they are petitioning the court for relief but asks for it because the harm involved has some reasonable relation to their situation, and the continued existence of the harm may affect others who might not be able to ask a court for relief. In the United States, this is the grounds for asking for a law to be struck down as violating the First Amendment, because while the plaintiff might not be directly affected, the law might so adversely affect others that one might never know what was not done or created by those who fear they would become subject to the law – the so-called " chilling effects" doctrine.
  3. The party is granted automatic standing by act of law. Under some environmental laws in the United States, a party may sue someone causing pollution to certain waterways without a federal permit, even if the party suing is not harmed by the pollution being generated. The law allows them to receive attorney's fees if they substantially prevail in the action. In some U.S. states, a person who believes a book, film or other work of art is obscene may sue in their own name to have the work banned directly without having to ask a District Attorney to do so.

In the United States, the current doctrine is that a person cannot bring a suit challenging the constitutionality of a law unless the plaintiff can demonstrate that he/she/it is or will "imminently" be harmed by the law. Otherwise, the court will rule that the plaintiff "lacks standing" to bring the suit, and will dismiss the case without considering the merits of the claim of unconstitutionality. To have a court declare a law unconstitutional, there must be a valid reason for the lawsuit. The party suing must have something to lose in order to sue unless it has automatic standing by action of law.

Standing

Standing, also referred to as orthostasis, is a human position in which the body is held in an upright ("orthostatic") position and supported only by the feet.

Although seemingly static,the body rocks slightly back and forth from the ankle in the sagittal plane. The sway of quiet standing is often likened to the motion of an inverted pendulum.

Standing at attention is a military standing posture, as is stand at ease, but these terms are also used in military-style organisations and in some professions which involve standing, such as modeling. At Ease refers to the classic military position of standing with legs slightly apart, not in as formal or regimented a pose as standing at attention. In modeling, model at ease refers to the model standing with one leg straight, with the majority of the weight on it, and the other leg tucked over and slightly around.

Standing (surname)

Standing is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Colin Standing, Welsh rugby league player
  • David Standing (born 1963), English cricketer
  • George Standing (born 1941), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Guy Standing (1873–1937), English actor
  • Herbert Standing (1846–1923), English actor
  • Herbert F. Standing, paleontologist and missionary
  • Jack Standing (1886–1917), English actor
  • Joan Standing (1903–1979), English actress
  • John Standing (born 1934), English actor
  • Joseph Standing (1854–1879), American Mormon missionary
  • Michael Standing (actor) (born 1939), English actor
  • Michael Standing (footballer) (born 1981), English footballer
  • Percy Standing (1882–1950), English actor
  • Richard Standing, English actor
  • Wyndham Standing (1880–1963), English actor
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Usage examples of "standing".

There were several women delegates and Ken made the most of their ablutions until he was distracted by the appearance of Karanja in a neat grey suit, an ingratiating grin on his face and his big ears standing out like sails.

Suddenly, it was as if a window in heaven had been opened and I saw a group of Aboriginal women standing together.

You were asleep, or at least I thought you were, then suddenly, I saw you standing with a group of Aboriginal women.

The enlarged flyby surveillance photograph hanging on the wall showed in grainy black and white the cabin and its grounds, including the wide, elevated back porch on which Glenn Abies could be seen standing, small but unmistakable, giving the helicopter the finger.

Banish was standing across the barn, near where the Abies girl had been found.

Banish came closer until he was standing right in front of Abies, the muzzle of the .

Other officers were standing by radar and radar altimeter, NST transceiver, drift indicator, accelerometer, and all the rest of it.

He was standing at the embrasure instead, looking out over his city much as I myself had looked out at it from the ramparts of Acies Castle earlier that afternoon.

Adams with an animosity not diminished by the lapse of years since his defection from their party, strong in a consciousness of their own standing before their fellow citizens, the thirteen notables responded with much acrimony to Mr.

It landed almost at the feet of an old woman standing actionless at the veranda rail, only to dart off again immediately.

Airthrey Castle, standing in a fine park with a lake, adjoins the town on the south-east, and just beyond it are the old church and burying-ground of Logie, beautifully situated at the foot of a granite spur of the Ochil range.

He left them standing there and went down the hallway, where the last of the admin office employees were leaving for the day.

It was as if he could see Ado and the others standing there in the flickering torchlight, grim spectres at the feast that no amount of alcohol or take would erase.

Standing naked before the horned altar, Aganippe struggled to stay awake, murmuring prayers she had recited since girlhood, while they painted her body with yellow ochre-- the earth color.

Standing up abruptly, he tumbled a startled Noel off his lap, catching her and setting her on her feet before she landed in aheap on the floor.