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Meaning of word standing from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

standing   noun

Meaning : Social or financial or professional status or reputation.

Example : Of equal standing.
A member in good standing.

Meaning : An ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event.

Meaning : The act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position.

standing   adjective

Meaning : Having a supporting base.

Example : A standing lamp.

Meaning : Not created for a particular occasion.

Example : A standing committee.

Meaning : (of fluids) not moving or flowing.

Example : Mosquitoes breed in standing water.

(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream.

As mountain stream with freely running water.
Hovels without running water.
running

Meaning : Executed in or initiated from a standing position.

Example : Race from a standing start.
A standing jump.
A standing ovation.

Executed or initiated by running.

Running plays worked better than pass plays.
Took a running jump.
A running start.
running

Meaning : (of persons) on the feet. Having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs.

Example : Standing room only.

(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks.

The seated Madonna.
The audience remained seated.
seated, sitting

Meaning : Permanent.

Example : A standing army.