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When you grow up on an island, what matters is how you stand to the sea.
Roddy Doyle

Meaning of "stand to" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STAND TO

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STAND TO

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

WHAT DOES STAND TO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of stand to in the English dictionary

The definition of stand to in the dictionary is to assume positions or cause to assume positions to resist a possible attack.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STAND TO

stand in
stand in a person´s light
stand oil
stand on
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
stand the pace
stand to reason
stand to someone
stand up
stand up for
stand up to

WORDS THAT END LIKE STAND TO

according to
be a wake-up to
come home to
come to
come up to
down to
due to
face up to
give rise to
give way to
go to
have half a mind to
in addition to
in order to
look forward to
make up to
put paid to
set one´s hand to
turn one´s hand to
used to

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stand to» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STAND TO

Find out the translation of stand to to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stand to 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 to» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

站在
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

soportar
570 millions of speakers

English

stand to
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खड़े हो जाओ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوقوف ل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стоять
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

suporto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ট্যান্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tenir à
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berdiri untuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

stehen, um
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

に立つ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에 서
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngadeg kanggo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிற்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उभे रहा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Karşı durmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stare a
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stać się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стояти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sta la
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σταθεί στο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

staan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

står för att
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stå til
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stand to

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STAND TO»

The term «stand to» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.594 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STAND TO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «stand to» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «stand to» 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 to

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10 QUOTES WITH «STAND TO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stand to.
1
Robert Boswell
I guess I'm struck all the time by how outrageously wrong life is. There are times I can't stand to read the newspapers. It makes me insane.
2
Dave Davies
How could I not love my own brother? I just can't stand to be with him.
3
Grey DeLisle
I hardly ever watch my own work. I just end up picking myself apart! I can't even stand to hear myself on voicemail. the sound of my own voice is like nails on a chalkboard. The same goes for my records.
4
Roddy Doyle
When you grow up on an island, what matters is how you stand to the sea.
5
David Eddings
This is terrible, when a writer is bored by his own work, but it was a real bomb and had reached the point where I couldn't even stand to look at it any more.
6
James Ellroy
I was a WASP kid going to a high school that was 99 percent Jewish and I wanted attention and I wanted to make a spectacle of myself because I couldn't stand to be ignored.
7
Sergio Garcia
Your woods, irons and wedges are built with specific lengths and lie angles, which demand that you stand to the ball a little differently for each one. The secret is to know which elements of your address position remain constant, and which ones you have to tweak to match the club in your hand.
8
Ellen Gilchrist
I can't conceive of nursing babies and taking care of children and writing, too. I know there are writers that do that, but I'm too single-minded. I can't stand to be interrupted, whether I'm writing a story or dressing a child.
9
Mark Goddard
There's a certain way you stand to give yourself authority, which gives you the texture for the part. I chose that my character hadn't been married, he'd worked his way up the chain of command. For a small cameo role, I gave it a lot of thought.
10
Franklin Graham
In my opinion, Putin is right on these issues. Obviously, he may be wrong about many things, but he has taken a stand to protect his nation's children from the damaging effects of any gay and lesbian agenda.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STAND TO»

Discover the use of stand to in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stand to and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Can You Stand to Be Blessed?: Insights to Help You Survive ...
In this book T.D. Jakes teaches you how to unlock the inner strength to go on in God. The requirements that he discusses prepare you for your intended purpose. The only question that remains is, Can You Stand to be Blessed?
T. D. Jakes, 2011
2
The Dawn Stand-to
This is a thrilling story of the last days of Empire and one mana s account of his exploits in a beautiful, untamed land peopled by eccentric settlers and primitive tribes people.
Christopher Lawrence Hiscox, 2007
3
Stand To ...: A Journey to Manhood
In this stirring memoir, one young soldier recounts his experiences coming of age on the battlefields of Vietnam and shares his feelings about the controversial era that changed the lives of a generation.
E. Franklin Evans, 2008
4
The Accounting Game: Basic Accounting Fresh from the ...
"Fantastic Learning Tool...Don't let this book title fool you. It is not an oversimplification of accounting and financial principles.
Darrell Mullis, Judith Orloff, 2008
5
The Stand
As the dark man and the peaceful woman gather power, the survivors will have to choose between them—and ultimately decide the fate of all humanity. (This edition includes all of the new and restored material first published in The Stand: ...
Stephen King, 2008
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Response of a 110-year-old douglas-fir stand to urea and ...
Constance A. Harrington, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Portland, Or.) More than l million acres of coniferous forests in western Washington and Oregon have been fertilized with nitrogen (N) since l966. Urea fertilizer ...
Constance A. Harrington, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Portland, Or.), 1979
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Responses in a western white pine stand to commercial ...
Marvin W. Foiles, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Ogden, Utah). Figure 3.— Plot 506 after light selection thinning which harvested the largest stems and released well- formed codominant and intermediate trees. Compare ...
Marvin W. Foiles, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Ogden, Utah), 1972
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Response of a pole-size ponderosa pine stand to nitrogen, ...
INTRODUCTION. Thinning dense stands of young ponderosa pine (Pinus ponder osa Laws.) usually increases diameter and height growth of the remaining trees and raises production of marketable wood under current utilization standards ...
P. H. Cochran, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Portland, Or.), United States. Forest Service, 1978
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A Look at Life from a Deer Stand: Hunting for the Meaning of ...
This companion study guide draws on the stories in A Look at Life from a Deer Stand to encourage men to deepen their spiritual walk with the Lord and discover how biblical truths and wisdom can make their lives richer and more meaningful.
Steve Chapman, 2012
10
Lippincott's Nursing Procedures
If the patient can walk safely only with your assistance, stand to the side and slightly behind him, placing one hand under his axilla and the other hand around his waist. If the patient has weakness or paralysis on one side, stand on the affected ...
‎2009

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