Standing

Verb
standing


 * 1) ; in the process of coming to an upright position.

Adjective

 * 1) Erect, not cut down.
 * So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline? - Robert DeNiro, Backdraft
 * 1) Performed from an erect position.
 * standing ovation
 * 1) Remaining in force or status.
 * 2) Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
 * standing water
 * standing committee

Derived terms

 * standing joke
 * standing order
 * standing ovation
 * standing seam
 * standing wave

Antonyms

 * moving, working (committees)

Noun

 * 1) Position or reputation in society or a profession: "He does not have much of a standing as a chemist".
 * 2) Duration.
 * 3) The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
 * 4)  The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list: "After their last win, their standing went up three places".
 * 5)  room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
 * 6) * 1992, P.D. James, The Children of Men, page 28:
 * "There was no garage at Lathbury Road, but we had standing for two cars in front of the house."
 * 1) * 2000, Bob Breen, Mission Accomplished, East Timor, page 149:
 * "The engineering crisis boiled down to roads, hard standing, and waste."
 * 1)  The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates.
 * He may be insulting, a miserable rotter and a fool, but unless he slanders or libels you, or damages your property, you do not have standing to sue him.

Derived terms

 * class standing
 * hard standing
 * good standing

Adjectives for Standing
scholastic; better; scientific; legal; worldwide; logical; amateur; requisite; social.

Verbs for Standing
aspire to—; better—; command—; confine —; create—; declare—; elevate—; esteem —; exceed in—; favor—; grade—; honor —; inquire as to—; judge—; reckon—; regain—; respect—; threaten—.

Thesaurus
abeyant, abidingness, age, angle, antiquity, apathetic, base, bearings, cachet, candidacy, candidature, capacity, case, caste, cataleptic, catatonic, changelessness, character, circumstance, class, condition, consequence, constancy, continuance, continued, continuing, continuous, conventional, customary, dead, defeat of time, defiance of time, dignity, distance, diuturnity, dopey, dormant, dull, durability, durableness, duration, echelon, eminence, endurance, erect, established, estate, face, firmness, fix, fixed, fixedness, flat, foothold, footing, footplate, footrail, footrest, foul, frozenness, grade, groggy, ground, hardening, heavy, hierarchy, high place, hold, immobility, immovability, immovableness, immutability, in abeyance, in suspense, inactive, inert, invariability, invariableness, inveteracy, jam, kudos, languid, languorous, lastingness, latent, leaden, level, lifeless, location, locus standi, logy, long standing, long-lastingness, long-livedness, longevity, lot, maintenance, modality, mode, motionless, normal, ongoing, order, pass, passive, perch, perdurability, perennation, permanence, permanency, permanent, perpetual, perpetualness, perpetuity, persistence, persistency, perspective, phlegmatic, pickle, place, plight, position, post, posture, power structure, precedence, predicament, prestige, prominence, purchase, quiescence, rank, rate, rating, regular, reputation, repute, rigidity, running, running for office, seat, sedentary, set, situation, slack, sleeping, sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, solidity, sphere, spot, stability, stage, stagnant, stance, stand, standard, standing for office, standing place, stasis, state, static, station, stationary, stature, status, steadfastness, still, stratum, survival, survivance, suspended, tame, toehold, torpid, torpor, unaroused, unbroken, unchangeability, unchangingness, unmoving, unseated, upright, usual, venue, vertical, viewpoint

Noun
standing


 * 1) erection

Etymology
From standa (to stand).

Synonyms

 * reðurstøða

Noun

 * 1) standing, status

Etymology
From standing:.