standing
1. social or financial or professional status or reputation (Freq. 3)
- of equal standing
- a member in good standing
• Hypernyms:
status, position
• Hyponyms:
rating, ranking, prominence, importance, grandness,
prestige, prestigiousness, obscurity, honor, honour, laurels,
dishonor, dishonour
2. an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event
• Hypernyms:
list, listing
3. the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position
• Derivationally related forms:
stand
• Hypernyms:
motion, movement, move, motility
1. having a supporting base (Freq. 2)
- a standing lamp
• Similar to:
erect, vertical, upright
2. not created for a particular occasion (Freq. 1)
- a standing committee
• Similar to:
permanent, lasting
3. (of fluids) not moving or flowing
- mosquitoes breed in standing water
• Ant:
running
• Similar to:
dead, stagnant, slack, still
4. executed in or initiated from a standing position
- race from a standing start
- a standing jump
- a standing ovation
• Ant:
running
5. (of persons) on the feet;
having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs
- standing room only
• Ant:
seated
6. permanent
- a standing army
• Similar to:
regular
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