standing

adj

Etymology: 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.

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

   “standing ovation”

3. Remaining in force or status; ongoing.

   “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”

name

1. A surname.

noun

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

1. Position or reputation in society or a profession.

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

   “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.

   “Tech[elles]. I heare them come, ſhall wee encounter them? Tam[burlaine]. Keep all your ſtandings, and not ſtir a foot, Myſelfe will bide the danger of the brunt.”

   “I sinke in deepe mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deepe waters, where the flouds ouerflow me.”

4. 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. Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles

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

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

6. 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.

   “to have standing”

   “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.”

7. The location on a street where a market trader habitually operates.

verb

Etymology: 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.

1. present participle and gerund of stand

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