Meaning

1 senses

  1. Synonym of stand on

Examples

5 sentences

  1. As he stood, he leaned upon his weapon for support.

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  2. Mathematics has not a foot to stand upon which is not purely metaphysical.

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  3. Once death is standing upon you, you just have to accept your fate and tell yourself that your end has come.

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  4. When death is standing upon you, no amount of complaining will stop it from taking your life away.

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  5. In an instant Holmes raced up on to the ridge, and, standing upon a lofty pinnacle, craned his neck in every direction.

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Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsstood upon

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stand upon

Synonyms

1 synonyms
stand on

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stancestandA2standardB2standardization
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