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Standing   /stˈændɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Standing  n.  
1.
The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand.
2.
Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing. "An ancient thing of long standing."
3.
Place to stand in; station; stand. "I will provide you a good standing to see his entry." "I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing."
4.
Condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing.
Standing off (Naut.), sailing from the land.
Standing on (Naut.), sailing toward land.


adjective
Standing  adj.  
1.
Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn.
2.
Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water.
3.
Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color.
4.
Established by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing committees.
5.
Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed).
Standing army. See Standing army, under Army.
Standing bolt. See Stud bolt, under Stud, a stem.
Standing committee, in legislative bodies, etc., a committee appointed for the consideration of all subjects of a particular class which shall arise during the session or a stated period.
Standing cup, a tall goblet, with a foot and a cover.
Standing finish (Arch.), that part of the interior fittings, esp. of a dwelling house, which is permanent and fixed in its place, as distinguished from doors, sashes, etc.
Standing order
(a)
(Eccl.) the denomination (Congregational) established by law; a term formerly used in Connecticut. See also under Order.
(a)
(Com.) an order for goods which are to be delivered periodically, without the need for renewal of the order before each delivery.
Standing part. (Naut.)
(a)
That part of a tackle which is made fast to a block, point, or other object.
(b)
That part of a rope around which turns are taken with the running part in making a knot or the like.
Standing rigging (Naut.), the cordage or ropes which sustain the masts and remain fixed in their position, as the shrouds and stays, distinguished from running rigging.





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... answered were Elisabeth's. Unnoticed, she had entered the room and was standing just outside the little group of people clustered round the hearth—her slim, black-robed figure, with its characteristic little air of stateliness, sharply defined in the ruddy glow ...
— The Hermit of Far End • Margaret Pedler
... with a dish of eggs and bacon, desired she would conduct him into the chamber where she proposed he should take his repose. He was accordingly ushered up by a sort of ladder into an apartment furnished with a standing-bed, and almost half filled with trusses of straw. He seemed extremely well pleased with his lodging, which in reality exceeded his expectation; and his kind landlady, cautioning him against letting the candle approach ...
— The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, Complete • Tobias Smollett
... were bound was the last in the village, standing alone among lilacs; and beyond it, on three sides, there was open meadow rising towards the borders of ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... England (1066) subjected the nation at once to both of the ruling mediaeval impulses: feudalism, which metamorphosed the relative positions of the people and the nobles, and the recognition of papal supremacy, which altered not less thoroughly the standing of the church. While these changes were not unproductive of good at that time, they were distasteful to the nation, and soon became injurious, both to freedom and knowledge, until at length, under the dynasty of the Tudors, the ecclesiastical ...
— Handbook of Universal Literature - From The Best and Latest Authorities • Anne C. Lynch Botta
... was conveyed, partly by land and partly by water (what water, in those Apennine valleys where there are no streams save torrents in which even a punt would be impossible, it is difficult to understand), to a house standing in a garden. That it did stand in a garden appears to have been a piece of information volunteered by the mysterious Chevalier Graham, for Dr. Beaton expressly states that it was not till the two had passed through a "long range of apartments" that ...
— The Countess of Albany • Violet Paget (AKA Vernon Lee)


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