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What is right for one soul may not be right for another. It may mean having to stand on your own and do something strange in the eyes of others.
Eileen Caddy

Meaning of "stand on" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STAND ON

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STAND ON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stand on is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES STAND ON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of stand on in the English dictionary

The definition of stand on in the dictionary is to continue to navigate a vessel on the same heading. Other definition of stand on is to insist on.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STAND ON

stand bail
stand by
stand down
stand easy
stand fast
stand for
stand guard
stand in
stand in a person´s light
stand oil
stand on ceremony
stand on one´s own feet
stand one´s ground
stand out
stand over
stand pat
stand someone in good stead
stand still
stand surety
stand the gaff

WORDS THAT END LIKE STAND ON

crooked on
dead on
draw a bead on
end on
grind on
hand on
have a load on
have one´s head screwed on
have the wood on
head on
hold on
lead on
not have a leg to stand on
off and on
on and on
put the hard word on
put the lid on
round on
sold on

Synonyms and antonyms of stand on in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stand on» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STAND ON

Find out the translation of stand on to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stand on from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stand on» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

站在
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pararse en
570 millions of speakers

English

stand on
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पर खड़े
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوقوف على
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стоять на
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ficar em
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দাঁড়ানো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

debout sur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

berdiri di atas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

stehen auf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

立つ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에 서
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngadeg ing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đứng trên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிற்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उभे राहणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Üzerinde durmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stare su
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stać na
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стояти на
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sta pe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σταθεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

staan ​​op
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stå på
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stå på
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stand on

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STAND ON»

The term «stand on» is very widely used and occupies the 22.430 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STAND ON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «stand on» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «stand on» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stand on

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10 QUOTES WITH «STAND ON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stand on.
1
Stella Adler
When you stand on the stage you must have a sense that you are addressing the whole world, and that what you say is so important the whole world must listen.
2
Aaron Allston
I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.
3
Robert Altman
If you don't have a leg to stand on, you can't put your foot down.
4
Irving Azoff
I can't think of any more powerful moment than when you stand on a stage.
5
Kevin Bleyer
The Constitution's Preamble, its renowned introductory passage, was written by a man with a peg-leg. Which, if you think about it, gives our Constitution hardly a leg to stand on.
6
Don Bluth
In the animation world, people who understand pencils and paper usually aren't computer people, and the computer people usually aren't the artistic people, so they always stand on opposite sides of the line.
7
Conrad Burns
Today, our brave military men and women, just as those who have gone before them, stand on alert, securing freedom at home and guarding the innocent abroad.
8
Robert Byrd
That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can stand on its feet, one individual if necessary, and speak until he falls into the dust.
9
Eileen Caddy
What is right for one soul may not be right for another. It may mean having to stand on your own and do something strange in the eyes of others.
10
Brandi Chastain
I have a 16 year-old son, so I'm now a soccer mom. I stand on the sidelines and I hear the things parents are saying, so I want them to understand what it is their kids are feeling in any sports environment.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STAND ON»

Discover the use of stand on in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stand on and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Stand On Zanzibar
There are seven billion-plus humans crowding the surface of 21st century Earth.
John Brunner, 2013
2
A Leg to Stand On
The value of this book lies in its willingness to combine the technical and the demonic, to admit poetry and philosophy and the religious impulse.
Oliver Sacks, 2011
3
To Stand on My Own: The Polio Epidemic Diary of Noreen Robertson
In this moving addition to the Dear Canada series, award-winning author Barbara Haworth-Attard recreates a desolate time in Canadian history, and one girl's brave fight against a deadly disease.
Barbara Haworth-Attard, 2010
4
The Ground We Stand on: The History of a Political Creed
In spite of changing conditions of life they were not very different from us. This is a prime example of Dos Passos as an American novelist and reporter on American reality.
John Dos Passos, 2010
5
A Leg to Stand On: A Shared Journey of Healing
Little did he know that he would be the one who would soon need rescuing. Together, Tim and Dixie discovered that their extraordinary love would ultimately lead them on a path to redemption and give them both a leg to stand on.
Timothy McHenry, 2012
6
To Stand on the Rock: Meditations on Black Catholic Identity
"If I could, I surely would stand on the rock where Moses stood." --from the Spiritual "Elijah Rock" Taking its theme from the pastoral letter of the Black Catholic bishops of the United States, which spoke of the challenge of being ...
Joseph A. Brown, 2011
7
Taking a Stand on Poverty
Helen P. Rogers. Q- Doesn't Mr. Amos belong to an organization called One to One where wealthy corporate executives try to connect with the economically deprived who need help? A- That's right. A caller said we (taxpayers) now provide ...
Helen P. Rogers, 1991
8
Equality for Women: Where Do We Stand on Millennium ...
This volume tracks countries' progress with implementing and financing the third Millennium Development Goal (MDG3) by examining national experiences and successes with policies and programs.
Mayra Buvini?, 2008
9
A Leg to Stand on
The story of SIGN, Surgical Implant Generation Network, an organization founded by Dr. Lewis Zirkle to make top quality orthopaedic implants available to the injured poor in developing countries, of the surgeons around the world who work to ...
Michelle Foltz, 2009
10
Description and yields of an 11-year-old hardwood stand on ...
SO-265 1981 SUMMARY A hardwood stand on Sharkey clay soil, where dominant and codominant trees averaged 1.8 inches dbh and 18.4 feet tall, yielded 17.8 tons per acre (dry weight) at age 11. Additional keywords: Green ash (Fraxinus ...
R. M. Krinard, Robert L. Johnson, Southern Forest Experiment Station (New Orleans, La.), 1981

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