standing
adjective
1. having a supporting base
- a standing lamp
Similar word(s): erect, upright, vertical
2. not created for a particular occasion
- a standing committee
Similar word(s): lasting, permanent
3. (of fluids) not moving or flowing
- mosquitoes breed in standing water
Similar word(s): dead, stagnant, slack, still
4. executed in or initiated from a standing position
- race from a standing start
- a standing jump
- a standing ovation
5. (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs
- standing room only
6. permanent
- a standing army
Similar word(s): regular
Sentences with standing as an adjective:
- standing ovation
- standing committee
- standing water
- a standing colour
- a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed
- the standing rigging of a ship
noun
1. social or financial or professional status or reputation
- of equal standing
- a member in good standing
Definition categories: state, position, status
2. an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event
Definition categories: communication, list, listing
3. the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position
Definition categories: act, motility, motion, move, movement
Sentences with standing as a noun:
- He does not have much of a standing as a chemist.
- a member of long standing
- I will provide you a good standing to see his entry. — Francis Bacon.I think in deep mire, where there is no standing. — Psalms lxix. 2.
- After their last win, their standing went up three places.
- 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.
verb
1. present participle of stand; in the process of coming to an upright position.