English Explanatory Dictionary

stand up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To rise from a lying or sitting position.
  2. To bring something up and set it into a standing position; to set something up.
  3. (stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.
  4. To last or endure over a period of time.
  5. To continue to be believable, consistent, or plausible.
  6. To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.
  7. To launch, propel upwards
  8. To formally activate and commission (a unit, formation, etc.).
  9. To make one's voice heard, to speak up.
  10. To serve in a role during a wedding ceremony.

Pronunciation

en-au-stand up.ogg

Word forms

stand up stands up standing up stood up

Etymology

From Middle English standen up, from Old English standan up; equivalent to stand + up. Compare Old Norse standa upp.

Related words

stand stand down sit down sit up lie down get up

Derived words

stand-up stand up and be counted stand up and give it to him stand up for stand-up meeting stand up on one's hind legs standupper stand up to stand up to be counted stand up with will the real someone please stand up
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