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Meaning of "upstand" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UPSTAND

upstand  [ʌpˈstænd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UPSTAND

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

See the conjugation of the verb upstand in English.

WHAT DOES UPSTAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of upstand in the English dictionary

The definition of upstand in the dictionary is to rise to one's feet; to stand up.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UPSTAND

PRESENT

Present
I upstand
you upstand
he/she/it upstands
we upstand
you upstand
they upstand
Present continuous
I am upstanding
you are upstanding
he/she/it is upstanding
we are upstanding
you are upstanding
they are upstanding
Present perfect
I have upstanded
you have upstanded
he/she/it has upstanded
we have upstanded
you have upstanded
they have upstanded
Present perfect continuous
I have been upstanding
you have been upstanding
he/she/it has been upstanding
we have been upstanding
you have been upstanding
they have been upstanding
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I upstanded
you upstanded
he/she/it upstanded
we upstanded
you upstanded
they upstanded
Past continuous
I was upstanding
you were upstanding
he/she/it was upstanding
we were upstanding
you were upstanding
they were upstanding
Past perfect
I had upstanded
you had upstanded
he/she/it had upstanded
we had upstanded
you had upstanded
they had upstanded
Past perfect continuous
I had been upstanding
you had been upstanding
he/she/it had been upstanding
we had been upstanding
you had been upstanding
they had been upstanding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will upstand
you will upstand
he/she/it will upstand
we will upstand
you will upstand
they will upstand
Future continuous
I will be upstanding
you will be upstanding
he/she/it will be upstanding
we will be upstanding
you will be upstanding
they will be upstanding
Future perfect
I will have upstanded
you will have upstanded
he/she/it will have upstanded
we will have upstanded
you will have upstanded
they will have upstanded
Future perfect continuous
I will have been upstanding
you will have been upstanding
he/she/it will have been upstanding
we will have been upstanding
you will have been upstanding
they will have been upstanding
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would upstand
you would upstand
he/she/it would upstand
we would upstand
you would upstand
they would upstand
Conditional continuous
I would be upstanding
you would be upstanding
he/she/it would be upstanding
we would be upstanding
you would be upstanding
they would be upstanding
Conditional perfect
I would have upstand
you would have upstand
he/she/it would have upstand
we would have upstand
you would have upstand
they would have upstand
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been upstanding
you would have been upstanding
he/she/it would have been upstanding
we would have been upstanding
you would have been upstanding
they would have been upstanding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you upstand
we let´s upstand
you upstand
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to upstand
Past participle
upstanded
Present Participle
upstanding
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UPSTAND


bandstand
ˈbændˌstænd
bedstand
ˈbedˌstænd
bookstand
ˈbʊkstænd
grandstand
ˈɡrænˌstænd
handstand
ˈhændˌstænd
hardstand
ˈhɑːdˌstænd
hatstand
ˈhætˌstænd
headstand
ˈhɛdˌstænd
homestand
ˈhəʊmˌstænd
inkstand
ˈɪŋkˌstænd
kickstand
ˈkɪkˌstænd
lampstand
ˈlæmpˌstænd
misunderstand
ˌmɪsʌndəˈstænd
newsstand
ˈnjuːzˌstænd
outstand
ˌaʊtˈstænd
overstand
ˌəʊvəˈstænd
stand
stænd
understand
ˌʌndəˈstænd
washstand
ˈwɒʃˌstænd
withstand
wɪðˈstænd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UPSTAND

upsprung
upstage
upstager
upstairs
upstanding
upstandingness
upstare
upstart
upstate
upstater
upstay
upstep
upstepped
upstepping
upstir
upstirred
upstirring
upstream
upstretched
upstroke

WORDS THAT END LIKE UPSTAND

cabstand
cake stand
caskstand
coatstand
concession stand
hall stand
hat stand
music stand
night stand
one-night stand
reviewing stand
ringstand
Rostand
taxi stand
umbrella stand

Synonyms and antonyms of upstand in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «upstand» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UPSTAND

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

Translator English - Chinese

竖直
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Tope Trasero
570 millions of speakers

English

upstand
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

upstand
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

upstand
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бортиком
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

upstand
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

upstand
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dosseret
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Upstand
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aufkantung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

垂直部
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

직립
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Upstand
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

upstand
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

upstand
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऊर्ध्वगामी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sırtlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alzatina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Rantem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бортиком
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

soclului
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξάρσεως
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

upstand
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

upstand
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oppkant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of upstand

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UPSTAND»

The term «upstand» is regularly used and occupies the 83.016 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UPSTAND» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UPSTAND»

Discover the use of upstand in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to upstand and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Architectural Detailing: Function - Constructibility - ...
Upstand An upstand is simply a dam. The principle of the upstand is that wind pressure can drive water uphill only to a height at which the hydrostatic pressure of the standing water retained by the dam is equal to the pressure exerted by the  ...
Edward Allen, Patrick Rand, 2012
2
Barry's Advanced Construction of Buildings
Columns bear on junction of beams Upstand beams Reinforced concrete slab Figure 3.31 Reinforced concrete beam and slab raft. Raised timber or concrete oor formed on raft Slab reinforced top and bottom in both directions Construction  ...
Stephen Emmitt, Christopher A. Gorse, 2014
3
Bridge Deck Analysis
7.5 Upstand grillage modelling In Chapter 6, grillage modelling is applied to bridge decks including those with edge cantilevers. That type of analysis is referred to as planar grillage as all of the grillage members are located in one plane.
Damien L. Keogh, Eugene O' Brien, 2005
4
Smm7 Explained and Illustrated
An upstand is a beam in a concrete floor which rises out of the floor like a wall instead of, as usual, projecting below it. The volume of concrete in upstands is measured in m3. lt is assumed that the upstand is poured at the same time as the  ...
Patrick Keily, Patrick H. McNamara, 2003
5
Computational Fluid Dynamics in Food Processing
25.3.2.4 Fluid Exchange in Upstand In the short upstand investigated the flow is more complicated than in a longer upstand (i.e., H=D1⁄40.5). A recirculation zone is seen in a longer upstand on a plane coinciding with the symmetry plane.
Da-Wen Sun, 2007
6
Handbook of Hygiene Control in the Food Industry
An example is given below showing the quality of the predictions of cleanability in an upstand geometry tested by the EHEDG test method. This shows that prediction is indeed possible. 11.4.2 Example 1: Prediction of different zones of ...
Huub Lelieveld, Domagoj Gabric, John Holah, 2005
7
The Building News and Engineering Journal
6in. x 2ft. 6in. pieces of lead is taken, and after being rolled out across flat and dressed, it is set up (i.e., turned up) all along each Bide as per A, Fig. 25, the upstand at one side being 2 Jin. and at other side 3Jin. high. Another 12ft. 6in. x 2ft.
‎1872
8
Hot and Cold Water Supply
214 Hot and Cold Water Supply connection from supply pipe or distributing pipe in-line anti-vacuum valve draw-off upstand 300 mm minimum tap s (a) Upstand to sink Anti-vacuum valve is used here as part of a check and anti- vacuum valve ...
BSI (British Standards Institution),, Robert H. Garrett, 2008
9
Practical Timber Formwork
(a) 'Stepping' SQUARE HOPPERS Marking top bevel Marking bottom bevel ( square reversed) (b) Marking upstand bevel and height (c) Marking cut-off line Figure 9.7 Setting out internal forms using roofing square: (a) marking bevels and  ...
J. B. Peters, 1991
10
Barry's Introduction to Construction of Buildings
The sides of adjacent sheets of copperare shaped as upstand sidesto theroll and the rollis covered with a separate strip of copper asa capping.The cleatsare foldedinto thedouble lock welts formed between the upstand of sheets and theedges ...
Stephen Emmitt, Christopher A. Gorse, 2014

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UPSTAND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term upstand is used in the context of the following news items.
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Keep Your Bike Up With The Upstand Kickstand
The Upstand Kickstand was designed by a North Carolina based engineer. The device can attach onto any bike and add a lightweight kickstand for support ... «stupidDOPE, Apr 14»
2
Just Mobile UpStand for iPad
Just Mobile's UpStand isn't inexpensive, but it's attractive, functional, and lightweight. The stand works well for viewing your iPad in landscape or portrait ... «Macworld, Sep 11»
3
Just Mobile releases sleek aluminum UpStand for iPad
The UpStand positions your iPad at a comfortable height on your desk, making it ideal for working with a Bluetooth keyboard, watching movies, or using the iPad ... «Macworld, Jul 10»

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