Standing Meaning
/ˈstændɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbpresent participle and gerund of stand
adjErect, not cut down.
Sentence Examples
I can't work with you standing there.
There is no sense in standing when there are seats available.
Her brother was standing in the front hall.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Because all the seats were already taken, we had to remain ____ during the long concert.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The elderly woman was offered a seat on the bus because she had been ____ for a long period of time.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English standynge, stondynge, standende, stondinde, standande, stondande, from Old English standende, stondende, from Proto-Germanic *standandz (“standing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), equivalent to stand + -ing.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?"
— 1991, Backdraft:
"The males constantly test their standing, looking to move up in the hierarchy."
— 2017 March, Jennifer S. Holland, “For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival”, in National Geographic:
"The Russian president has given a series of public addresses this week in a bid to repair his public standing, and portray Wagner’s march on Moscow as a moment that unified Russia."
— 2023 June 29, Graham Russell, “Wagner mutiny has weakened Putin, says Scholz, as Russian president makes rare public visit”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
"Tech[elles]. I heare them come, ſhall wee encounter them?
Tam[burlaine]. Keep all your ſtandings, and not ſtir a foot,
Myſelfe will bide the danger of the brunt."
— c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
"I sinke in deepe mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deepe waters, where the flouds ouerflow me."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 69:2:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Because all the seats were already taken, we had to remain ____ during the long concert.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The elderly woman was offered a seat on the bus because she had been ____ for a long period of time.