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standing Definition

stand·ing (stan′diŋ)

noun

  1. the act, state, or position of a person or thing that stands
  2. a place to stand; standing room
    1. status, position, rank, or reputation in good standing
    2. a list showing rank or order, as in achievement, resources, etc. team standings in a league
  4. duration or length of service, existence, membership, etc. a record of long standing

adjective

  1. upright or erect a standing position
  2. done or made in or from a standing position a standing jump
  3. not flowing; stagnant, as water
  4. going on regularly without change; lasting; permanent a standing order
  5. stationary; not movable
  6. not in use; idle; as a machine
  7. Printing set and stored for future use: said as of type

standing Synonyms

standing

n.

position, status, reputation; see rank 3.

standing Law Definition

n

A party’s legal right to challenge the conduct of another party in a legal proceeding. In order to have standing in a federal court, a litigant must show that 1) the conduct being challenged caused the party real injury, and 2) the concern the litigant is seeking to have protected is within the scope of interests intended to be regulated by the statute or other guarantee in question.

standing Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • pray: On Sundays and during the season of Pentecost one should pray standing and not kneeling.
  • remain: Swinside had fifty five stones of which only thirty two remain standing.

Preposition: in

  • doorway: I turned around and saw Judy standing in the office doorway.
  • front: Young girl standing in front of a bike in Vietnam.

Adjective modifier

  • mx1: A number of good top ten finishes have secured Mark Hucklebridge 81 points in the MX1 standings.
  • unsupported: Hunt, K.J. and Gollee, H. and Jaime, R. and Donaldson, N. ( 1999 ) Feedback control of unsupported standing.
  • advanced: The wearing of more elaborate textiles may indicate increased wealth or advanced social standing.
  • international: The School offers research higher degree programs of international standing.
  • long: Most of the clubs meetings are of long standing with fixtures having been held over many years.
  • hard: There is now a barrier at the East end of Railroad Wood with hard standing for a very few cars.

Modifies a noun

  • ovation: John, you get a standing ovation from me.
  • stone: A sign points the way to Macleod's standing stone on the far side of the sand about 700 meters from the road.
  • committee: The matter was referred back to the standing committee.
  • army: The guerrilla force takes over from the standing army.
  • order: Standing orders have swelled by just under £ 100 per month.
  • wave: There were also another couple of good standing waves just down from this.

Noun used with modifier

  • championship: Despite missing two of the first 10 races, Braun currently ranks sixth in the Daytona Prototype championship standings.
  • long-: If they can bring new solutions to long- standing problems, that can only be of benefit to patients.
  • league: Check the rally results or the fantasy rally league standings.
  • acronym: F FTP An acronym standing for " File Transfer Protocol.