1. The position or stance one has about a certain thing: The students in class took a stand on saving the environment and decided to go on strike every Friday.
2. A stall or small shop, usually outside: At the Christmas Market there were many stands selling drinks, items made of wood, and knitted articles.
3. A large structure at a sports field with tiered seats for people to sit and view the proceedings: The people in the stands at the baseball game were all cheering when their team hit a home run!
4. A support for holding something particular: Little Timmy used the book stand to keep his math book upright and open for doing his homework for school.
5. The section or place where buses or taxis stop and wait for passengers: Jackie went to the cab stand after arriving at the train station.
6. The place in a court where a witness must be to answer questions: When Jane took the stand, she confirmed the evidence already given by the other witnesses.

1. To support oneself in an upright and vertical position: The people outside the theater had been standing for at least 30 minutes before they were let in to buy their tickets.
2. To change ones posture by getting up and being erect: Because the concert was so fantastic, the audience stood up and applauded shouting, "Encore, encore!"
3. To have a building or structure of some kind in an upright position: The new chair is standing next to the table in the living room.
4. To put something somewhere in a vertical manner: Jane's mother asked her to stand the vase with the flowers on the dining room table.
5. To leave a solution or mixture alone without shifting or disturbing it in any way: The yeast dough needs to be covered and stand in a warm room for at least an hour to rise properly.
6. To continue to exist by not being cancelled or changed: Some of the rules in school still stand and are valid, although they are already a few years old.
7. To be good enough to pass a situation or a test: Jane asked, "Do you think that the new school bag can stand the wear and tear of everyday school life, including going by bus every day to and from school?"

The ability of a defendant to understand the nature of the charges against him or her, to distinguish between pleas of guilty and not guilty, and to prepare a defense, to instruct counsel, and to challenge a juror.

In the United Kingdom, fitness to plead is the corresponding expression for this term.