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What is the noun for standing?

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stand
  1. The act of standing.
  2. A defensive position or effort.
  3. A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
  4. A period of performance in a given location or venue.
  5. A device to hold something upright or aloft.
  6. The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
  7. A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
  8. (forestry) A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
  9. A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
  10. A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
  11. A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
  12. (US, dated) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
  13. (sports) Grandstand. (often in the plural)
  14. (cricket) A partnership.
  15. (military, plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.
  16. (obsolete) Rank; post; station; standing.
  17. (dated) A state of perplexity or embarrassment.
  18. A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
  19. (obsolete) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.
  20. A location or position where one may stand.
  21. Synonyms:
  22. Examples:
    1. “We expect our nation's leaders to take a principled stand on this important issue.”
      “The spices have been placed on a stand over the kitchen stove.”
      “Masses of protestors brought traffic to a stand.”
standing
  1. Position or reputation in society or a profession.
  2. Duration.
  3. The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
  4. (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.
  5. (Britain) room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
  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.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “Added to this already potent motivation was the question of his standing within the Company's hierarchy.”
      “It is perhaps only to be expected that the warhorses with which a knight or esquire served would tend to reflect his standing in both society and the military hierarchy.”
      “For example, a minor does not have the standing to sue in his own name.”
stance
  1. The manner, posture, or pose in which one stands.
  2. One’s opinion or point of view.
  3. (Scotland) A station; a position; a site; a stopping place for buses at a bus station
  4. (obsolete) A stanza.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “The boy put up his fists in a defensive fighting stance as thunder boomed in the distance.”
      “The party appears to have changed their stance on this matter.”
      “Nate drew himself up into his tallest, most dignified stance and met his father's eyes, dismissing Dorothy from his attention altogether.”
stander
  1. One who stands.
  2. (obsolete) A standel.
  3. Examples:
    1. “This stander is available painted in black or white.”
      “Thanks for mentionning the article reference of mannequin for which you like to order this stander since the measurements of the stander may vary according to the age of the mannequin.”
      “Johan Stander, a weather forecaster at the Cape Town weather office, said fair weather was expected until Thursday.”
standability
  1. The ability of a plant to stand unsupported
standstill
  1. complete immobility; halt
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Rush hour traffic was brought to a standstill today after a horrific accident on the highway.”
      “It's the five-year repaint, something most institutions do routinely, but at the Royal Opera House it stuns me to a standstill.”
      “Airline stocks plummeted, some to half their value, while transatlantic air travel came almost to a standstill.”
standings
  1. plural of standing
  2. A collective list of the standing of each team in a league.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Blount won four races and five poles, finished second in the standings, and captured the ARCA Rookie of the Year Award.”
      “Ivankov fell again from the pommel horse early in the all-around final, but fought his way back up the standings.”
      “The 22-year-old finished seventh in the standings last season, capturing two poles and five top-five finishes.”
standstills
standers
  1. plural of stander
stances
  1. plural of stance
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Many martial arts halls, or dojos, have wall mirrors so that students can correct their stances and postures.”
      “Are some religions trying to soften their hard stances to try to attract more adherents, and is that the right thing to do?”
      “Their stances on composting, bike lanes and oil supertankers maintain this pose of progressive concern trolling.”
stands
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