standing

• IPA^(key): /ˈstændɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ændɪŋ

From Middle English standynge, stondynge, standende, stondinde, standande, stondande, from Old English standende, stondende, from Proto-Germanic *standandz (“standing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), equivalent to stand +‎ -ing.

standing

1. present participle and gerund of stand
   • 1991, Backdraft:

     So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

standing (not comparable)

1. Erect, not cut down.
2. Performed from an erect position.

   standing ovation

3. Remaining in force or status.

   standing committee

4. Stagnant; not moving or flowing.

   standing water

5. Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.

   a standing colour

6. Not movable; fixed.

   a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed

   the standing rigging of a ship

• (antonym(s) of “stagnant”): moving, working (committees)

From Middle English standyng, stonding, stondung, from Old English *standung, equivalent to stand +‎ -ing.

standing (countable and uncountable, plural standings)

1. (figurative) Position or reputation in society or a profession.

   Synonym: stock

   He does not have much of a standing as a chemist.

   • 2017 March, Jennifer S. Holland, “For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival”, in National Geographic‎^[1]:

     The males constantly test their standing, looking to move up in the hierarchy.

   • 2023 June 29, Graham Russell, “Wagner mutiny has weakened Putin, says Scholz, as Russian president makes rare public visit”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     The Russian president has given a series of public addresses this week in a bid to repair his public standing, and portray Wagner’s march on Moscow as a moment that unified Russia.

2. Duration.

   a member of long standing

3. The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:

     Tech[elles]. I heare them come, ſhall wee encounter them?
     Tam[burlaine]. Keep all your ſtandings, and not ſtir a foot,
     Myſelfe will bide the danger of the brunt.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 69:2:

     I sinke in deepe mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deepe waters, where the flouds ouerflow me.

   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     I will provide you and your fellows of a good standing to see his entry

4. (sports) 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. (British) Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
   • 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."

   • 2000, Bob Breen, Mission Accomplished, East Timor, page 149:

     "The engineering crisis boiled down to roads, hard standing, and waste."

7. (law) 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.

   to have standing

   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.

   • 1985 February 2, Micheline Justman, “Erie Will Declared Valid”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 3:

     Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and the NGTF Fund for Human Dignity retained Erie attorney James E. Marsh, Jr. to argue the case. Boston's Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) also sought standing with the court in a memorandum of law prepared by Sandra L. Smales with Stephen Ansolabehere and Gary Buseck.

   • 2023 July 12, Erum Salam, “Fox News faces another defamation lawsuit involving Tucker Carlson”, in The Guardian‎^[3], →ISSN:

     Legal experts noted earlier this week that while Epps will have to prove that Carlson’s claims damaged his reputation, he presents a strong argument and therefore likely has standing.

8. (UK, slang, obsolete) The location on a street where a market trader habitually operates.

   Synonym: pitch

• class standing
• hard standing
• good standing
• social standing

• → German: Standing

• (legal): cause of action

• (market trader's pitch): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

From English standing.

standing

1. in bato lata; an instance where the can is standing upright and, still in play, after being hit and pushed out of its ring

standa (“to stand”) +‎ -ing

• IPA^(key): [ˈstantɪŋk]

standing f (genitive singular standingar, uncountable)

1. erection

• reðurstøða

From English standing.

• IPA^(key): /stɑ̃.diŋ/

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standing m (plural standings)

1. standing, status
2. Level of quality or comfort, especially about real estate

   appartement de grand standing

• “standing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from English standing.

• IPA^(key): /esˈtandin/ [esˈt̪ãn̪.d̪ĩn]
  • Rhymes: -andin
• IPA^(key): /ˈstandin/ [ˈst̪ãn̪.d̪ĩn]
  • Rhymes: -andin
• Syllabification: stan‧ding

standing m (plural standings)

1. status, standing, class

   de alto standing ― high-class

• “standing”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024