(n.) To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position
(n.) To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc.
(n.) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation.
(n.) To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.
(n.) To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
(n.) To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources.
(n.) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
(n.) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
(n.) To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.
(n.) To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.
(n.) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
(n.) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
(n.) To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.
(n.) To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.
(n.) To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.
(n.) To measure when erect on the feet.
(n.) To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide.
(n.) To appear in court.
(v. t.) To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.
(v. t.) To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand.
(v. t.) To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.
(v. t.) To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat.
(v. i.) The act of standing.
(v. i.) A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand.
(v. i.) A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something.
(v. i.) A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand.
(v. i.) A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course.
(v. i.) A small table; also, something on or in which anything may be laid, hung, or placed upright; as, a hat stand; an umbrella stand; a music stand.
(v. i.) A place where a witness stands to testify in court.
(v. i.) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business.
(v. i.) Rank; post; station; standing.
(v. i.) A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do.
(v. i.) A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
(v. i.) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the bars of Antwerp and the cafes of Bruges, the talk is less of Christmas markets and hot chocolate than of the rising cost of financing a national debt which stands at 100% of annual national income.
(2) But when he speaks, the crowds who have come together to make a stand against government corruption and soaring fuel prices cheer wildly.
(3) Such was the mystique surrounding Rumsfeld's standing that an aide sought to clarify that he didn't stand all the time, like a horse.
(4) "At the same time, however, we cannot allow one man's untrue version of what happened to stand unchallenged," he said.
(5) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
(6) Where he has taken a stand, like on gun control after the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, Obama was unable to achieve legislative change.
(7) Profit for the second quarter was £27.8m before tax but the club’s astronomical debt under the Glazers’ ownership stands at £322.1m, a 6.2% decrease on the 2014 level of £343.4m.
(8) "In a sea of bubblegum-cute popsters, Sistar stand out for their cool and sexy image," says Scobie.
(9) Cas reduced it further to four, but the decision effectively ends Platini’s career as a football administrator because – as he pointedly noted – it rules him out of standing for the Fifa presidency in 2019.
(10) If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.
(11) Pickles said that to restore its public standing, the corporation needed to be more transparent, including opening itself up to freedom of information requests.
(12) To confront this evil – and defeat it, standing together for our values, for our security, for our prosperity.” Merkel gave a strong endorsement of Cameron’s reform strategy, saying that Britain’s demands were “not just understandable, but worthy of support”.
(13) Every time I have seen him since – you stand up straight and it’s: ‘Hi, boss.
(14) Critics of wind power peddle the same old myths about investment in new energy sources adding to families' fuel bills , preferring to pick a fight with people concerned about the environment, than stand up to vested interests in the energy industry, for the hard-pressed families and pensioners being ripped off by the energy giants.
(15) "Everyone knows what it stands for and everyone has already got it in their home.
(16) The affected bowel was replaced through the laceration, and the vaginal defects were sutured with the mares standing, utilizing epidural anesthesia.
(17) Brazil and Argentina unite in protest against culture of sexual violence Read more The symbolic power of so many women standing together proves that focusing on victims does not mean portraying women as passive.
(18) "This will obviously be a sensitive topic for the US administration, but partners in the transatlantic alliance must be clear on common rules of engagement in times of conflict if we are to retain any moral standing in the world," Verhofstadt said.
(19) In January a similar group of MPs warned of a threat to Cameron in 2014 unless he improves the Tories' standing.
(20) Why Corporate America is reluctant to take a stand on climate action Read more “We have these quantum leaps,” Friedberg said.
Understand
Definition:
(v. t.) To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink.
(v. t.) To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has passed the bill.
(v. t.) To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain.
(v. t.) To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume.
(v. t.) To stand under; to support.
(v. i.) To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being.
(v. i.) To be informed; to have or receive knowledge.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results indicated that neuropsychological measures may serve to broaden the concept of intelligence and that a brain-related criterion may contribute to a fuller understanding of its nature.
(2) Models able to describe the events of cellular growth and division and the dynamics of cell populations are useful for the understanding of functional control mechanisms and for the theoretical support for automated analysis of flow cytometric data and of cell volume distributions.
(3) It involves creativity, understanding of art form and the ability to improvise in the highly complex environment of a care setting.” David Cameron has boosted dementia awareness but more needs to be done Read more She warns: “To effect a cultural change in dementia care requires a change of thinking … this approach is complex and intricate, and can change cultural attitudes by regarding the arts as central to everyday life of the care home.” Another participant, Mary*, a former teacher who had been bedridden for a year, read plays with the reminiscence arts practitioner.
(4) The purpose of these studies was to better understand the molecular basis of chromosome aberration formation after mitomycin C treatment.
(5) Attempts are now being made to use this increased understanding to produce effective killed vaccines that produce immune responses in the lung.
(6) The evidence suggests that by the age of 15 years many adolescents show a reliable level of competence in metacognitive understanding of decision-making, creative problem-solving, correctness of choice, and commitment to a course of action.
(7) It is entirely proper for serving judges to set out the arguments in high-profile cases to help public understanding of the legal issues, as long as it is done in an even-handed way.
(8) Further study both of the signaling events that lead to MPF activation and of the substrates for phosphorylation by MPF should lead to a comprehensive understanding of the biochemistry of cell division.
(9) The only way we can change it, is if we get people to look in and understand what is happening.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Dean, Clare and their baby son.
(10) Grisham said she and other aides had not been aware of the trip and “appreciate everyone’s understanding”.
(11) With better understanding of metabolic and compositional requirements, great advances have been made in the area of total parenteral nutrition.
(12) I did not - do not - quite understand how some are able to contemplate his anti-semitism with indifference.
(13) To get a better understanding of the different cell interactions during the immune response to a hapten-carrier complex, the effects of immunogenic or tolerogenic injections of various hapten-containing compounds on the responses induced by immunization with the same hapten coupled to protein carriers were studied.
(14) A clearer understanding of these relationships and their application to clinical management await further study.
(15) A good understanding of upper gastrointestinal physiology is required to properly understand the pathophysiological events in various diseases or after operations on the upper gastrointestinal tract.
(16) More needs to be known about the direct and indirect modulation of cytokine production by cyclosporin A in connective tissues, in order to understand its potential value in clinical disorders.
(17) This is not an argument for the status quo: teaching must be given greater priority within HE, but the flipside has to be an understanding on the part of students, ministers, officials, the public and the media that academics (just like politicians) cannot make everyone happy all of the time.
(18) For a better understanding of the cytochrome P-450 mediated reactions, we studied the metabolism of midazolam in microsomal fractions prepared from twelve human livers.
(19) Critical in this understanding are the subtle changes that occur in the individual patient, reflecting the natural history of the disease or response to its treatment.
(20) We are already witnessing a wholly understandable uprising of protest.