to stand
- verb
- /stænd/
- And where do you stand on goal setting and habits?
- know where you stand
- stand firm
- stand in opposition
If you make a joke, does that mean you stand with that?
- If you make a joke, does that mean you stand with that?
- And where do you stand on goal setting and habits?
- So either have the opinion, stand by it, OK?
- You've got to stand strong in your truth.
- Like, where do you stand on, on, on all this stuff?
- Yeah, take his and see where he stands on these issues.
- The second one, an entrepreneur says, I stand on these principles.
- It begins with nothing, noticing where you stand and how it feels to stand there.
- I know exactly who they are and I will stand to my last breath.
Examples
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America's culture of life stands in stark contrast to the jihadists' culture of death.
Academic text (2008) -
But still, that's where we stand as the week comes to an end.
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So either have the opinion, stand by it, OK?
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I want to find out where do you guys stand today?
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- You all know what I stand for.
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If you make a joke, does that mean you stand with that?
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I stand by it.
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I despise John Iselin and everything that Iselinism has come to stand for.
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Regardless of where one stands on these normative questions, the descriptive point is unmistakable.
Academic text (2017) -
I want to know where you stand on the environmental policy discussion.
Synonyms
To believe something to be true
To keep your position when others disagree
Publicly say you strongly agree or disagree with something
Keep your decision or opinion when others try to make you change
Refuse to change your mind when others disagree
To keep the same opinion or decision and not change it
To state an opinion strongly and refuse to change it when others disagree
Antonyms
Idioms
- Formal
Make progress by using the ideas and work of earlier people
Make new progress by using important ideas or work from people who came before
- Informal
To leave a place quickly because you do not want to be there
To keep trying after many failures no matter how often you fail
Imagine yourself in another person's situation to understand how they feel
Phrasal Verbs
- Formal
Hold the body straight with feet together and arms at the sides like a soldier
To state an opinion strongly and refuse to change it when others disagree
Compounds
- NSFW
A sexual encounter that happens for only one night and does not continue
- NSFW
A law allowing someone to use force, even deadly force, without first trying to leave when threatened
- Jargon
A temporary pause in military activity to let troops rest and stop being on alert
An 1876 battle at Little Bighorn where Sioux and Cheyenne killed General Custer and his soldiers
- Specialized
A thick slow-drying oil artists mix into paint to make it smoother and shinier
- NSFW
A short romantic or sexual meeting that lasts part of one night without starting a relationship
- Archaic
A small table that holds a basin and pitcher for washing hands before indoor plumbing
How Firmly
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb stand meaning to keep a particular opinion comes from the same physical idea of not moving from a place. So to stand for something is to keep that position or belief and not change it.