Translations

6 languages
Русский
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Examples

17 sentences
  1. I stood in line for more than thirty minutes.

    Я стояв у черзі більше тридцяти хвилин. — deniko

    ruЯ стоял в очереди больше тридцати минут. — marafon

  2. Tom stood in line for three hours.

    ruТом три часа простоял в очереди. — marafon

  3. Tom stood in silence for a moment.

Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To replace; to act as a double or substitute for.

    I asked my colleague to stand in for me so I could take the day off.

    sich ersetzen

    замеща́тьzameščátʹ, замести́тьzamestítʹ

Forms

stands in for, standing in for, stood in for, stood in for

irregular · Lesson

Base formstand in for · to stand in for
3rd person singularstands in for
Present participlestanding in for
Past simplestood in for
Past participlestood in for

Tenses

stand in for · stood in for · will stand in for · have stood in for

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystand in for
he, she, itstands in for

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stood in for
he, she, ithas stood in for

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stand in for

Past simpleLesson

all personsstood in for

Phrasal verbs

20 phrasal verbs
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Word family

1 related words
Relatedstand in

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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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