stand

stand

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English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /stænd/
  • (æ-tensing) IPA(key): [steənd]
  • Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

From Middle English stonden, standen (verb) and stand, stond (noun, from the verb), from Old English standan (“to stand, occupy a place”), from Proto-West Germanic *standan, from Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), from Pre-Germanic *sth₂-n-t-´, an innovative extended n-infixed form of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Verb

stand (third-person singular simple present stands, present participle standing, simple past stood, past participle stood or (obsolete) standen or (nonstandard) stand)

  1. To position or be positioned physically:
    1. (intransitive, copulative) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
    2. (intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
    3. (intransitive, copulative) To remain motionless.
    4. (intransitive) To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
    5. (transitive) To place in an upright or standing position.
    6. (intransitive) To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated.
      • 2017 October 2, "Las Vegas shooting: At least 58 dead at Mandalay Bay Hotel", in bbc.com, BBC:
        Las Vegas police say the number of people injured now stands at 515.
    7. (intransitive) To measure when erect on the feet.
    8. (intransitive, of tears, sweat, etc.) To be present, to have welled up.
  2. To position or be positioned mentally:
    1. (intransitive, followed by to + infinitive) To be positioned to gain or lose.
    3. (transitive, chiefly in the negative) To tolerate.
    4. (intransitive, copulative) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
    5. (intransitive, copulative) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
    6. (intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
  3. To position or be positioned socially:
    1. (intransitive, cricket) To act as an umpire.
    2. (transitive) To undergo; withstand; hold up.
    4. (intransitive, British) To be a candidate (in an election).
    5. (intransitive) To remain valid.
    6. (transitive) To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.
    7. (transitive) To cover the expense of; to pay for.
    8. (intransitive) To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation.
    9. (intransitive) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
    10. (intransitive) To appear in court.
  4. (intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
  5. (intransitive, copulative) To remain without ruin or injury.
    • 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy
  6. (card games) To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
Usage notes
  • In older works, standen is found as a past participle of this verb; it is now archaic. The forms stooden and stand may also be found in dialectal speech; these are nonstandard.
  • In sense 2.2 it is a catenative verb that takes the gerund -ing or infinitive to.... See Appendix:English catenative verbs.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Ido: standar
  • → Norman: stanner, sténer
  • Sranan Tongo: tan
Translations

Noun

stand (plural stands)

  1. The act of standing.
    • October 2, 1712, Joseph Addison, The Spectator No. 499
      I took my stand upon an eminence […] to look into their several ladings.
  2. A defensive position or effort.
  3. A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
  4. A period of performance in a given location or venue.
  6. A device to hold something upright or aloft.
  7. The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
  8. (historical) An area of raised seating for waiters at the stock exchange.
  9. A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
  10. (forestry) A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
  11. A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
  12. A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
  13. A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
  14. (US, dated) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
  15. (US, historical) Short for tavern stand (“a roadside inn”).
  17. (sports) Grandstand. (often in the plural)
  18. (cricket) A partnership.
  19. (military, plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.
  20. (obsolete) Rank; post; station; standing.
  21. (dated) A state of perplexity or embarrassment.
  22. A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
  23. A location or position where one may stand.
  24. (advertising) An advertisement filling an entire billboard, comprising many sheets of paper.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations

Related terms

  • stance
  • stanza

Etymology 2

From Middle English stand, stande, stond, stonde, stoonde, probably from Middle Dutch stande, from Old Dutch *standan (“to stand”), from Frankish *standan.

Forms with -o- may show influence of stonden (“stand”, verb).

Noun

stand (plural stands)

  1. (US, Scotland, dated) A container which stands upright, such as a barrel or cask.
  2. (obsolete) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.
Translations
References
  • “stand(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “stand, n.2”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

  • Sandt, t-DNAs, Dants, tsDNA, dasn't, tdnas

Danish

Etymology

From the verb stande, influenced by Middle Low German stant, German Stand and (in the sense "booth") English stand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsd̥anˀ]

Noun

stand c (singular definite standen, plural indefinite stænder)

  1. position, social status, station
  2. class, rank
  3. occupation, trade, profession
  4. estate

Declension

Noun

stand c (singular definite standen, plural indefinite stande)

  1. stand (device to hold something upright or aloft)
  2. stand (small building or booth)
  3. (uncountable) condition, repair

Declension

Related terms

  • godt i stand
  • i stand til

References

  • “stand” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *stand, from Proto-Germanic *standaz, related to the verb *stāną (“to stand”). Related to staan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɑnt/
  • Hyphenation: stand
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

stand m (plural standen, diminutive standje n)

  1. posture, position, bearing
  2. rank, standing, station; class
  3. score (of a game, match)
Synonyms
  • (posture): houding
  • (rank): rang, klasse
  • (score): score
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: stand

Etymology 2

From English stand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɛnt/
  • Hyphenation: stand

Noun

stand m (plural stands, diminutive standje n)

  1. stand (small building or booth)
Synonyms
  • kraam

Anagrams

  • danst

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English stand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɑ̃d/

Noun

stand m (plural stands)

  1. stand (In various senses, such as a small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.)
  2. (motor racing) Pit.

Derived terms

  • stand de tir

Descendants

  • → Khmer: ស្តង់ (stɑng)
  • → Romanian: stand

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtant/
  • Rhymes: -ant

Verb

stand

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of stehen

Gothic

Romanization

stand

  1. romanization of 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Stand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃtɒnd]
  • Hyphenation: stand
  • Rhymes: -ɒnd

Noun

stand

  1. stand, booth, stall, kiosk (a small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc., on the street or in a market)
    Synonym: bódé
    szabadtéri stand ― outdoor market stall

Declension

References

Further reading

  • stand in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English stand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛnd/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnd

Noun

stand m (invariable)

  1. stand, booth, stall, pavilion (at a fair)
  2. stand, gallery (at a sporting event)
  3. stand, case (in a store, supermarket)
  4. stall (at a shooting range)

Synonyms

  • (at a fair, shooting range): padiglione

Derived terms

  • standista

References

Further reading

  • stand in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the old verb stande (replaced by stå), and English stand (sense 3).

Noun

stand m (definite singular standen, indefinite plural stander, definite plural standene)

  1. condition, order, state
  2. height, level, reading
  3. a stand (e.g. at an exhibition)

Derived terms

  • husstand
  • i stand til
  • standpunkt
  • vannstand

References

  • “stand” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the old verb stande (replaced by stå).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɑnd/, /stɑnː/
  • IPA(key): /stɑɲː/ (northern palatalization)

Noun

stand m (definite singular standen, indefinite plural standar, definite plural standane)

  1. condition, order, state
  2. height, level, reading
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

From German Stand, probably through Danish. Doublet of Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɑnd/, /stɑnː/

Noun

stand m (definite singular standen, indefinite plural stender, definite plural stendene)
stand n (definite singular standet, indefinite plural stand, definite plural standa)

  1. (historical) an estate (social class)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From English stand. Doublet of Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stænd/, /stænː/

Noun

stand m (definite singular standen, indefinite plural standar, definite plural standane)

  1. a stand (e.g. at an exhibition)

References

  • “stand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *standaz, related to the verb *stāną (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɑnd/

Noun

stand m

  1. (rare) delay

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *standaz, related to the verb *stāną (“to stand”), whence also Old English stand.

Noun

stand m

  1. stand (clarification of this definition is needed)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English stand.

Pronunciation

Noun

stand m (plural stands)

  1. alternative form of estande

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French stand, from English stand.

Noun

stand n (plural standuri)

  1. stand

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English stand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstand/ [ˈst̪ãn̪d̪], /esˈtand/ [esˈt̪ãn̪d̪]
  • Rhymes: -and
  • Syllabification: stand

Noun

stand m (plural stands)

  1. stand (enclosed structure in the street)

Related terms

Further reading

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

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