stand

CEFRA1

/ˈstænd/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To be upright on your feet.

  2. 02

    verb

    To tolerate or accept something difficult.

Examples

  • Are you just going to stand there all day?

  • He has avoided taking a firm stand.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈsteə̯nd] ~ [ˈstɛə̯nd]
  • /ˈstand/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To position or be positioned physically:

  2. To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.

  3. To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.

More examples

In context

  • You are old enough to stand on your own feet.

  • Here I stand, wondering what to do next.

  • I can't reach the celing. Get me a chair to stand on.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The patient had to blank still while the doctor examined his back.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

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”), Norwegian Nynorsk standa, stå (“to stand”), Swedish stånda (“to stand”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (s...