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stand

/ˈstænd/ noun

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In Latin: stō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about stand at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A support or foundation.
    the base of the lamp
  2. The position where a thing or person stands.
  3. A growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area.
    they cut down a stand of trees

verb

  1. Be standing; be upright.
    We had to stand for the entire performance!
  2. Be in some specified state or condition.
    I stand corrected
  3. Occupy a place or location, also metaphorically.
    We stand on common ground

Origin

From Middle English stonden, standen (verb) and stand, stond (noun, from the verb), from Old English standan (“to stand, occupy a place”), from Proto-West Germanic *standan, from Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), from Pre-Germanic *sth₂-n-t-´, an innovative extended n-infixed form of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

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