Meaning

2 senses

  1. To keep watch. (of soldiers)

    watch over so as to protect

  2. (broadly, figuratively)To be in line like soldiers.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. The mountains stand as sentinels.

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  2. On a rock which overlooked the track, showing out dark and plain against the sky, there stood a solitary sentinel.

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Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsstood sentinel

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stand sentinel

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stancestandA2standardB2standardization
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