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Perhaps the two greatest moments of my life were standing on the moon and being outside of the room when my granddaughter was born! We tend not to remember the worst.
Eugene Cernan

Meaning of "standing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STANDING

standing  [ˈstændɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STANDING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Standing can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STANDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

standing

Standing

Standing, also referred to as orthostasis, is a human position in which the body is held in an upright position and supported only by the feet. Although seemingly static,the body rocks slightly back and forth from the ankle in the sagittal plane. The sway of quiet standing is often likened to the motion of an inverted pendulum. Standing at attention is a military standing posture, as is stand at ease, but these terms are also used in military-style organisations and in some professions which involve standing, such as modeling. At Ease refers to the classic military position of standing with legs slightly apart, not in as formal or regimented a pose as standing at attention. In modeling, model at ease refers to the model standing with one leg straight, with the majority of the weight on it, and the other leg tucked over and slightly around.

Definition of standing in the English dictionary

The first definition of standing in the dictionary is social or financial position, status, or reputation. Other definition of standing is length of existence, experience, etc. Standing is also used to stand in or on.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STANDING


banding
ˈbændɪŋ
branding
ˈbrændɪŋ
crash-landing
ˈkræʃˈlændɪŋ
ending
ˈɛndɪŋ
expanding
ɪkˈspændɪŋ
finding
ˈfaɪndɪŋ
freestanding
ˌfriːˈstændɪŋ
grandstanding
ˈɡrændstændɪŋ
landing
ˈlændɪŋ
misunderstanding
ˌmɪsʌndəˈstændɪŋ
notwithstanding
ˌnɒtwɪθˈstændɪŋ
outstanding
ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ
pending
ˈpɛndɪŋ
postlanding
ˌpəʊstˈlændɪŋ
rebranding
ˌriːˈbrændɪŋ
sanding
ˈsændɪŋ
self-standing
ˌsɛlfˈstændɪŋ
spending
ˈspendɪŋ
understanding
ˌʌndəˈstændɪŋ
upstanding
ʌpˈstændɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STANDING

standee
stander
standfast
standfirst
standing army
standing charge
standing chop
standing committee
standing expenses
standing joke
standing jump
standing order
standing ovation
standing rigging
standing room
standing start
standing stone
standing water
standing wave
standish

WORDS THAT END LIKE STANDING

according
ascending
astounding
binding
bonding
commanding
corresponding
defending
demanding
descending
founding
funding
grinding
grounding
lending
long-standing
mending
pounding
sounding
vending
winding

Synonyms and antonyms of standing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «STANDING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «standing» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of standing

Translation of «standing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STANDING

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

Translator English - Chinese

名声/地位
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reputación
570 millions of speakers

English

standing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खड़े
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مكانة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стоя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reputação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্থায়ী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

réputation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

berdiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rang
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

評判
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

명성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngadeg
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நின்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्थायी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ayakta
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fama
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stojąca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стоячи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în picioare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στέκεται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

staande
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stående
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stående
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of standing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STANDING»

The term «standing» is very widely used and occupies the 3.681 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STANDING» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «STANDING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word standing.
1
David Antin
I'm standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I'm happy to see them go.
2
Michelle Bachelet
My father respected and admired my mother and was a person who was always standing by my side, encouraging me to do more and believed in my capacity. So in that sense, my own experience was very good in becoming an empowered woman. From early on, I carried that strong message: 'You can do it.' So I never had any doubt that women can do a lot.
3
Max Baer
I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.
4
Andre Braugher
And I thought that was the best way for me to participate, because standing in the crowd and listening is a fantastic education, but it's not my nature. I need to be involved. So I did that instead.
5
James Carville
I think the Democratic Party has the chronic problem of appearing to be weak, of not standing and fighting for what it believes in, not fighting for its own.
6
P. C. Cast
I've seen a big shift, especially in my classroom, with women standing up and demanding respect. That's in every woman, whether 16, 26, 56.
7
Eugene Cernan
Perhaps the two greatest moments of my life were standing on the moon and being outside of the room when my granddaughter was born! We tend not to remember the worst.
8
Tabatha Coffey
A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity is a fundamental mode of expression, as is being tenacious and standing by your own convictions and passions, even if it's not the 'popular' choice.
9
Dick Costolo
When you're doing what you love to do, you become resilient. You create a habit of taking chances on yourself. If you do what's expected of you, and things go poorly, you will look to external sources for what to do next, because that will be your habit. You will be standing there frozen. If you are just filling a role, you will be blindsided.
10
Sibel Edmonds
But I can tell that once, and if, and when this issue gets to be, under real terms, investigated, you will be seeing certain people that we know from this country standing trial; and they will be prosecuted criminally.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STANDING»

Discover the use of standing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to standing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Last Man Standing
Web London roars into a dark alley one night with his FBI Hostage Rescue Team.
David Baldacci, 2001
2
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
BORN STANDING UP is a funny and riveting chronicle of how Steve Martin became the comedy genius we now know and is also a fascinating portrait of an era.
Steve Martin, 2008
3
Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey
A masterful work of personal reportage, this volume is also a vibrant portrait of a mysterious people and an essential document of a disappearing culture. 50 photos. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Isabel Fonseca, 2011
4
Standing Room Only: Strategies for Marketing the Performing Arts
Argues that organizations in the performing arts must market themselves to survive, including defining their mission, thinking strategically, and applying basic marketing concepts like product and pricing
Philip Kotler, 1997
5
Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monument ...
Kirk Savage's "Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves" eloquently and authoritatively exposes the way racial dominance has been literally built into the public space that surrounds us--space in which it is, for this reason, increasingly ...
Kirk Savage, 1999
6
Still Standing: The Untold Story of My Fight Against Gossip, ...
In her new book, Still Standing, Carrie gives readers the inside story, and the clear message that conservative women are here to stay.
Carrie Prejean, 2009
7
The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class
This book presents the Precariat an emerging class, comprising the rapidly growing number of people facing lives of insecurity, moving in and out of jobs that give little meaning to their lives.
Guy Standing, 2011
8
Last Man Standing: The Tragedy and Triumph of Geronimo Pratt
Describes the twenty-seven-year battle to vindicate Elmer Gerard "Geronimo" Pratt, a Vietnam veteran and Black Panther Party leader convicted in a trumped-up case of murder, in an intriguing study of government conspiracy and judicial abuse ...
Jack Olsen, 2001
9
Last Ape Standing: The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and ...
Chip Walter draws on new scientific discoveries to tell the fascinating tale of how our survival was linked to our ancestors being born more prematurely than others, having uniquely long and rich childhoods, evolving a new kind of mind that ...
Chip Walter, 2013
10
All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, ...
All Standing The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, the Legendary Irish Famine Ship recounts the journeys of this famous ship, her heroic crew, and the immigrants who were ferried between Ireland and North America.
Kathryn Miles, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STANDING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term standing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Caitlyn Jenner gets standing ovation at Culture...
According to The Sun newspaper, he told the audience: "I expected a standing ovation for her and I wasn't disappointed ... We need to celebrate the kinds of ... «Mississauga, Jul 15»
2
Celtic to introduce safe standing
Celtic have been granted permission to introduce a safe standing area and could become the first top-flight club in Scotland to do so. The rail seating area will ... «BBC Sport, Jun 15»
3
Health Experts Reveal How Much Standing At Work You Should …
By now, the advice from health experts is clear: we should all sit less. That's different from their advice to exercise more, because recent research shows that ... «TIME, Jun 15»
4
Want Kids To Pay Attention In Class? Give Them Standing Desks
Standing desks – also known as stand-biased desks – are raised desks that have stools nearby, enabling students to sit or stand during class at their discretion. «Texas A&M University, Apr 15»
5
Robin Williams the posthumous star of '3 Still Standing'
FILE - This Aug. 14, 2009 file photo shows actor Robin Williams in Los Angeles. Williams and Durst are highlighted in "3 Still Standing," a new documentary ... «Yahoo News UK, Apr 15»
6
Office workers 'too sedentary'
Gavin Bradley, from Get Britain Standing, told the BBC News website: "We're all victims of our environment, we've taken a lot of activity out of the workplace and ... «BBC News, Mar 15»
7
NBC Sets Summer Premiere Dates for Hollywood Game Night …
Also returning to the network this summer is Last Comic Standing, which premieres Wednesday, July 22 at 9/8c before moving to its regular 10/9c time slot the ... «TV Guide, Mar 15»
8
German court rules that men can urinate while standing
A court in Germany has ruled in favour of a man's right to urinate while standing up after his landlord demanded money for damage to the bathroom floor. «BBC News, Jan 15»
9
First Look: Home Improvement's Tim Allen and Patricia Richardson …
Allen said he wanted to wait until the Last Man Standing writers came up with the right role before inviting Richardson to set. "They all said, 'How would you feel ... «TV Guide, Dec 14»
10
IndyCar eliminates standing starts in 2015
The Verizon IndyCar Series has ceased its experiment with standing starts, but series president of competition and operations Derrick Walker hasn't ruled out ... «USA TODAY, Dec 14»

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