stand
To position or be positioned physicallyTo position or be positioned physically: To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
» The hotel stands on a hill.
Das Hotel liegt auf einem Hügel.
Das Hotel steht auf einem Hügel.
Das Hotel befindet sich auf einem Hügel.
Отель стоит на холме.
Цей готель знаходиться на пагорку.
Meaning
25 sensesTo position or be positioned physically:
(copulative, intransitive)To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
Here I stand, wondering what to do next.
I can't reach the ceiling. Get me a chair to stand on.
stehen, staa
стоя́тьstojátʹ
стоя́тиstojáty
(intransitive)To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
Stand up, walk to the refrigerator, and get your own snack.
aufstehen
встава́тьvstavátʹ, встатьvstatʹ
встава́тиvstaváty, ста́тиstáty
(copulative, intransitive)To remain motionless.
Do not leave your car standing in the road.
stehen
стоя́тьstojátʹ
стоя́тиstojáty
be in effect; be or remain in force
(intransitive)To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
be standing; be upright
(transitive)To place in an upright or standing position.
He stood the broom in a corner and took a break.
stellen, abstellen, hinstellen
ста́витьstávitʹ, поста́витьpostávitʹ
ста́витиstávyty, поста́витиpostávyty
put into an upright position
(intransitive)To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated.
Paris stands on the Seine.
occupy a place or location, also metaphorically
(intransitive)To measure when erect on the feet.
(intransitive, usually)To be present, to have welled up.
be tall; have a height of; copula
To position or be positioned mentally:
(intransitive, with infinitive, with to)To be positioned to gain or lose.
He stands to get a good price for the house.
(transitive)To tolerate.
I can’t stand when people don’t read the instructions.
I can’t stand him.
ausstehen, aushalten, ertragen
выноси́тьvynosítʹ, вы́нестиvýnesti, выде́рживатьvydérživatʹ
витри́муватиvytrýmuvaty, ви́триматиvýtrymaty
(copulative, intransitive)To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright
(copulative, intransitive)To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
Examples
5313 sentencesThe hotel stands on a hill.
Цей готель знаходиться на пагорку.
ruОтель стоит на холме.
deDas Hotel liegt auf einem Hügel.
The girl standing there is Mary.
Дівчина, що стоїть там, — це Мері.
deDas Mädchen, das dort steht, ist Mary.
The manager stood at the door.
Керівник стояв у дверях.
ruНачальник стоял в дверях.
deDer Manager stand in der Tür.
He was standing at the gate.
Він стояв біля ворот.
I can't stand this hot weather.
Я не переношу такої спеки.
ruЯ не могу выносить эту жару.
deIch kann dieses heiße Wetter nicht ab.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 6
By meaning 6
By meaning 6
Origin
From Middle English stonden, standen (verb) and stand, stond (noun, from the verb), from OFrom Middle English stonden, standen (verb) and stand, stond (noun, from the verb), from Old English standan (“to stand, occupy a place”), from Proto-West Germanic *standan, from Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), from Pre-Germanic *sth₂-n-t-´, an innovative extended n-infixed form of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
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Forms
stands, standing, stood, stoodPhrasal verbs
15 phrasal verbs- stand upвстати, вставатиTo rise from a lying or sitting position.
- stand outстирчати, випинатисяTo jut out, protrude (from a surface etc.).
- stand inзамінятиTo substitute for; to replace
- stand downпіти у відставку, іти у відставкуTo wait; to stop pursuing, stop fighting, or relax from a heightened readiness posture.
- stand forмати на увазі, збиратисяTo mean; to symbolize; to represent; especially of an acronym or abbreviation.
- stand byчекати, очікуватиTo wait in expectation of some event; to be ready.
- stand offTo stand some distance apart from something or someone.
- stand onTo continue following the same course.
More 7
- stand backTo maintain distance.
- stand overTo be very watchful of.
- stand aroundTo stand without doing anything; to do nothing productive; to waste time.
- stand withTo back or side with; to support (in reference to literally standing alongside someone to show one's support).
- stand toTo tolerate (something); to be able to withstand (something) stressful that will be ultimately beneficial.
- stand asideTo step sideways to make a space for someone else.
- stand underTo withstand, resist or endure.
Synonyms
16 synonymsAntonyms
3 antonymsWord family
64 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- can't stand
- standing over there
- standing in front
- just stood there
- stand in line
- stood up and
- standing next to
- stand up for
- standing at the
- standing near the
- standing on the
- standing in the