standing
pronunciation
How to pronounce standing in British English:
UK [ˈstændɪŋ]
How to pronounce standing in American English:
US [ˈstændɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- social or financial or professional status or reputation
- the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position
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- Adjective:
- having a supporting base
- (of fluids) not moving or flowing
- not created for a particular occasion
- maintaining an erect position
- executed in or initiated from a standing position
- (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs
- permanent
- not cut down
Word Origin
- standing (n.)
- late 14c., verbal noun from stand (v.). In the sense of "rank, status," it is first recorded 1570s. Sense of "state of having existed for some time" is 1650s. Legal sense is first recorded 1924. Sports sense is from 1881. To be in good standing is from 1789. Standing room is from 1788. A young gentleman attempting to get into Drury-lane play-house, found there was such a croud of people that there was no room. Just without the door, a damsel of the town accosted him with 'can't you get in, sir?' to which he replied in the negative. 'If you'll go along with me, resumed she you may get in very easily, for I can furnish you with very good standing room.' ["The Banquet of Wit, or A Feast for the Polite World," London, 1790]
- standing (adj.)
- late 14c., "at rest, motionless," also "permanent, not transient," present participle adjective from stand (v.). Meaning "having an erect position, upright" is from 1570s; that of "done while standing" is from 1630s. The sense in standing army (c. 1600) is "permanent." Standing ovation is from 1902.
Example
- 1. The government 's public standing could hardly be lower .
- 2. Standing is to writing what falling is to running .
- 3. Deterrence also means restoring the standing of the israel defence forces .
- 4. The laws of war were designed for traditional conflicts between european standing armies , not insurgencies .
- 5. Mr aso 's standing is at rock-bottom .