Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To assert an opinion or viewpoint; to defend one's point of view or beliefs.

    There will come a time when you'll need to take a stand for the changes you want.

    Farbe bekennen, (zu etwas) Stellung beziehen, klare Kante zeigen

    занима́ть пози́циюzanimátʹ pozíciju, заня́ть пози́циюzanjátʹ pozíciju

Examples

29 sentences

  1. Why did Tom take the stand?

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  2. Tom and Mary took turns standing guard.

    deTom und Maria hielten abwechselnd Wache. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom and I took turns standing guard.

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  4. The witnesses took the stand one by one.

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  5. We have to take a stand.

    ruМы должны занять какую-то позицию. — odexed

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
assert a position:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
assert a position:

Forms

takes a stand, taking a stand, took a stand, taken a stand
Base formtake a stand · to take a stand
3rd person singulartakes a stand
Present participletaking a stand
Past simpletook a stand
Past participletaken a stand

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytake a stand
he, she, ittakes a stand

Past simpleLesson

all personstook a stand

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave taken a stand
he, she, ithas taken a stand

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill take a stand

Word family

1 related words
Relatedtake sides

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tainttajtakeA1takeawayB1takeoffB1takeout
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