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“standing”
stand (verb), stands; stood; standing
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?"
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?"
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stato-, stat-, sta-, -static, -stasi, staso-, -stasis, -stasia, -stacy, -stitute, -stitution, -sist
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“standing”
(Latin: standing, to stay, to make firm, fixed; cause to stand, to put, to place, to put in place, to remain in place; to stand still)
(only thing that keeps your credit card in good standing)
(Greek: marsh, pool, standing or stagnent water; mud of a pool)
(Greek: standing water, pool, pond, marsh, swamp)
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“standing”
Going to church doesn't make a person a Christian, any more than standing in a garage makes him or her a car.
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paraprosdokian, paraprosdokia
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voltage standing-wave ratio meter, VSWR meter
An electrically operated instrument that indicates voltage standing-wave ratios and is calibrated in voltage ratios.
voltage-standing-wave ratio, voltage standing wave ratio, VSWR
The ratio of the amplitude of the electric field or voltage at a voltage minimum to that at an adjacent maximum in a stationary-wave system; as in a waveguide, coaxial cable, or other transmission line.