Meaning

2 senses

  1. To stand straight with eyes forward and feet together.

  2. (humorous)To have an erection.

Examples

8 sentences

  1. Stand to attention!

    Струнко! — Julianushka

    ruСмирно! — Julianushka

    deStillgestanden! — Esperantostern

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  2. The soldiers all stood to attention.

    deDie Soldaten standen alle stramm. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. I stood still, my whole attention fixed on the movements of her fingers.

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  4. The soldiers stood at attention.

    ruСолдаты стояли навытяжку. — marafon

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  5. ADHD stands for "attention deficit hyperactivity disorder".

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Translations

3 languages

Forms

stands at attention, standing at attention, stood at attention, stood at attention
Base formstand at attention · to stand at attention
3rd person singularstands at attention
Present participlestanding at attention
Past simplestood at attention
Past participlestood at attention

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystand at attention
he, she, itstands at attention

Past simpleLesson

all personsstood at attention

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stood at attention
he, she, ithas stood at attention

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stand at attention

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stancestandA2standardB2standardization

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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