Meaning

2 senses
  1. To continue following the same course.

  2. To observe a ceremony or tradition; to insist on proper behavior or recognition.

    Let's not stand on ceremony.

Examples

379 sentences
  1. The hotel stands on a hill.

    Цей готель знаходиться на пагорку. — deniko

    ruОтель стоит на холме. — Gruzilkin

    deDas Hotel liegt auf einem Hügel. — MUIRIEL

  2. Tom is standing on his head.

    Том стоїть на голові. — Balamax

    ruТом стоит на голове. — soweli_Elepanto

  3. Tom is standing on the platform.

    Том стоїть на платформі. — deniko

  4. I hate standing on the bus.

    Ненавиджу стояти в автобусі. — deniko

    ruНенавижу стоять в автобусе. — marafon

  5. The old castle stands on the hill.

    Старовинний замок стоїть на пагорбі. — deniko

    ruСтарый замок стоит на холме. — odexed

Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystand on
he, she, itstands on

Past simpleLesson

all personsstood on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stood on
he, she, ithas stood on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stand on

Phrasal verbs

15 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms

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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