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📖 Определения и значения для слова stand

📒 to be on your feet; to be in a vertical position

  • She was too weak to stand.
  • + adv./prep. a bird standing on one leg
  • Don't just stand there—do something!

📒 to get up onto your feet from another position

  • Everyone stood when the president came in.
  • stand up We stood up in order to get a better view.
  • I tried to stand up and found myself in agony.

📒 to put something/somebody in a vertical position somewhere

  • Stand the ladder up against the wall.
  • I stood the little girl on a chair so that she could see.

📒 used especially in negative sentences and questions to emphasize that you do not like somebody/something

  • stand somebody/something I can't stand his brother.
  • I can't stand the sight of blood.
  • I can't stand it when you do that.

📒 used especially with can/could or will to say that somebody/something can survive something or can tolerate something without being hurt or damaged

  • stand something His heart won't stand the strain much longer.
  • Modern plastics can stand very high and very low temperatures.
  • stand doing something It can stand being dropped from a great height without breaking.

📒 to be in a particular place

  • The castle stands on the site of an ancient battlefield.
  • An old oak tree once stood here.
  • Books stood in piles in the corner.

📒 to be in a particular condition or situation

  • + adj. The house stood empty for a long time.
  • 'You're wrong about the date—it was 2008.’ ‘I stand corrected (= accept that I was wrong).'
  • You stand accused of a terrible crime.

📒 to be a candidate in an election

  • stand for something He stood for election in Colchester.
  • He stood for parliament (= tried to get elected as an MP).
  • stand as something She stood unsuccessfully as a candidate in the local elections.

📒 to be a particular height

  • The tower stands 30 metres high.

📒 to be at a particular level, amount, height, etc.

  • Interest rates stand at 3 per cent.
  • The world record then stood at 6.59 metres.

📒 to be in a particular place, especially while waiting to go somewhere

  • The train standing at platform 3 is for London, Victoria.

📒 to remain still, without moving or being moved

  • Mix the batter and let it stand for twenty minutes.
  • standing pools of rainwater

📒 if an offer, a decision, etc. made earlier stands, it is still available or relevant or still exists

  • My offer still stands.
  • The world record stood for 20 years.

📒 to be in a situation where you are likely to do something

  • You stand to make a lot from this deal.
  • Who stands to benefit the most?
  • to stand to gain/lose something

📒 to have a particular attitude or opinion about something or towards somebody

  • Where do you stand on private education?

📒 to buy a drink or meal for somebody

  • stand something He stood drinks all round.
  • stand somebody something She was kind enough to stand us a meal.
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