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restand

restand verb: to stand again (for office).

Verb

restand (third-person singular simple present restands, present participle restanding, simple past and past participle restood)

  1. (intransitive) To stand again (for office).
    • On 10 August 1977 he announced he would not restand for Lalor at the forthcoming election. He was replaced by my predecessor, Barry Jones.2003, Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), House of Representatives, page 21298

Forms of restand

third-person singular presentrestands
present participlerestanding
past participlerestood
pastrestood

Origin of restand

From re- + stand.

Questions about restand

What does restand mean?
Restand means to stand again (for office).
What part of speech is restand?
Restand is a verb.
What is the past tense of restand?
The past tense of restand is restood.

Words near restand in the dictionary

  1. restamp
  2. restamped
  3. restamping
  4. restampings
  5. restamps
  6. restand
  7. restandardization
  8. restandardizations
  9. restandardize
  10. restandardized
  11. restandardizes

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