standing

• IPA^(key): /ˈstændɪŋ/

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From Middle English standynge, stondynge, standende, stondinde, standande, stondande, from Old English standende, stondende, from Proto-Germanic *standandz (“standing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), equivalent to stand +‎ -ing.

standing

1. present participle of stand
   • 1991, Backdraft

     So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

standing (not comparable)

1. Erect, not cut down.
2. Performed from an erect position.

   standing ovation

3. Remaining in force or status.

   standing committee

4. Stagnant; not moving or flowing.

   standing water

5. Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.

   a standing colour

6. Not movable; fixed.

   a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed

   the standing rigging of a ship

• (stagnant): moving, working (committees)

From Middle English standyng, stonding, stondung, from Old English *standung, equivalent to stand +‎ -ing.

standing (countable and uncountable, plural standings)

1. Position or reputation in society or a profession.

   He does not have much of a standing as a chemist.

   • 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)

     The males constantly test their standing, looking to move up in the hierarchy.

2. Duration.

   a member of long standing

3. The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.

   I will provide you a good standing to see his entry. — Francis Bacon.

   I think in deep mire, where there is no standing. — Psalms lxix. 2.

4. (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.

   After their last win, their standing went up three places.

5. (Britain) room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
   • 1992, P.D. James, The Children of Men, page 28:

     "There was no garage at Lathbury Road, but we had standing for two cars in front of the house."

   • 2000, Bob Breen, Mission Accomplished, East Timor, page 149:

     "The engineering crisis boiled down to roads, hard standing, and waste."

6. (law) The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates.

   He may be insulting, a miserable rotter and a fool, but unless he slanders or libels you, or damages your property, you do not have standing to sue him.

• class standing
• hard standing
• good standing

From English standing.

standing

1. in bato lata; an instance where the can is standing upright and, still in play, after being hit and pushed out of its ring

standa (“to stand”) +‎ -ing

• IPA^(key): [ˈstantɪŋk]

standing f (genitive singular standingar, uncountable)

1. erection

• reðurstøða

From English standing.

• IPA^(key): /stɑ̃.diŋ/

standing m (plural standings)

1. standing, status
2. Level of quality or comfort, especially about real estate

   appartement de grand standing

• “standing” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

standing m (plural standings)

1. status, standing, class

   de alto standing

   high-class