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stand on

stand on verb: to continue following the same course.

Verb

stand on (third-person singular simple present stands on, present participle standing on, simple past and past participle stood on)

  1. To continue following the same course.
  2. To observe a ceremony or tradition; to insist on proper behavior or recognition.
    • Let's not stand on ceremony.
    • Saue you gentlemen — Nay, we do not ſtand much on our gentilitie, friend;[…]1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act I, scene...
    Synonyms:
    stand upon

stand on meaning in Tamil

stand on in Tamil

செல்வழி முன்னேற்றம்

Synonyms of stand on

Forms of stand on

third-person singular presentstands on
present participlestanding on
past participlestood on
paststood on

Words formed from stand on

Questions about stand on

What does stand on mean?
Stand on means to continue following the same course.
What is stand on in Tamil?
Stand on in Tamil is செல்வழி முன்னேற்றம். See Stand on meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stand on?
Stand on is a verb.
What is the past tense of stand on?
The past tense of stand on is stood on.

Words near stand on in the dictionary

  1. stand in the gate
  2. stand in the way
  3. stand ins
  4. stand of arms
  5. stand off
  6. stand on
  7. stand on business
  8. stand on ceremony
  9. stand on end
  10. stand on its own
  11. stand on one's dignity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stand on (page history and authors); stand on (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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