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standing for

standing for is the present participle and gerund of stand for.

Meaning of stand for

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To mean; to symbolize; to represent; especially of an acronym or abbreviation.
    • The abbreviation CIA stands for "Central Intelligence Agency".
  2. To advocate; to support.
    • Bernard, you should stand for Parliament.1986 February 13, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “A Victory for Democracy”, in Yes, Prime Minister, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne)
  3. To tolerate.
    • We won't stand for that type of behaviour.

Questions about standing for

What is standing for the present participle and gerund of?
Standing for is the present participle and gerund of stand for.

Words near standing for in the dictionary

  1. standing end
  2. standing ends
  3. standing fast
  4. standing fire
  5. standing firm
  6. standing for
  7. standing from under
  8. standing ground
  9. standing guard
  10. standing in
  11. standing in for

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Adapted from Wiktionary: standing for (page history and authors); stand for (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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