Meaning

25 senses

  1. To 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

  2. (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

  3. (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

  4. (intransitive)To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.

    be standing; be upright

  5. (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

  6. (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

  7. (intransitive)To measure when erect on the feet.

  8. (intransitive, usually)To be present, to have welled up.

    be tall; have a height of; copula

  9. 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.

  10. (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

  11. (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

  12. (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 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

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  2. The girl standing there is Mary.

    Дівчина, що стоїть там, — це Мері. — deniko

    deDas Mädchen, das dort steht, ist Mary. — Esperantostern

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  3. The manager stood at the door.

    Керівник стояв у дверях. — Squaw

    ruНачальник стоял в дверях. — Squaw

    deDer Manager stand in der Tür. — nexx

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  4. He was standing at the gate.

    Він стояв біля ворот. — shanghainese

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  5. I can't stand this hot weather.

    Я не переношу такої спеки. — deniko

    ruЯ не могу выносить эту жару. — odexed

    deIch kann dieses heiße Wetter nicht ab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 6
to support oneself on the feet in an erect position:
to rise to one’s feet:
to place in an upright or standing position:
to tolerate:
to undergo; withstand; hold up:
to seek election:
Русский
By meaning 6
to support oneself on the feet in an erect position:
to rise to one’s feet:
to place in an upright or standing position:
to tolerate:
to undergo; withstand; hold up:
to seek election:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
to support oneself on the feet in an erect position:
to rise to one’s feet:
to place in an upright or standing position:
to tolerate:
to undergo; withstand; hold up:
to seek election:

Origin

From Middle English stonden, standen (verb) and stand, stond (noun, from the verb), from O

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsstood

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stand

Phrasal verbs

15 phrasal verbs
More 7

Synonyms

16 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms
sitlieyield

Word family

64 related words
Relatedstandeestanderstandingstancestandard
DerivedunderstandA2againstandall standingastandatstandbestandcan't standforstandgainstandoffstandoutstandoverstandrestandstandabilitystandagestand-alonestand apartstand aroundstand asidestandawaystand backstand behindstand betweenstand by

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stampedestancestandardB2standardization
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