stand

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To be on your feet in an upright position.

   We had to stand because there were no seats left.

2. 2
   verb

   To place something in an upright position.

   Can you stand the bookshelf up against the wall?

3. 3
   verb

   To bear or tolerate something unpleasant.

   I can't stand the noise from the building site.

4. 4
   noun

   A small table or rack for holding or displaying things.

   She put her phone on the bedside stand.

5. 5
   noun

   A strong effort to defend something or resist something.

   The villagers made a brave stand against the developers.

Common collocations

• firm stand Adjective + noun
• last stand Adjective + noun
• standing order Adjective + noun
• make a stand Verb + noun
• stand trial Verb + noun
• take a stand Verb + noun

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-. Cognates Cognate with Scots staund (“to stand”), Yola sthoan, sthoane, sthone, stoane (“to stand”), North Frisian staan, stoune, stuine, stun, stönje, stööne (“to stand”), Saterland Frisian stounde (“to stand”), Danish stande (“to stand”), Faroese and Icelandic standa (“to stand”)…

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