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standing sentinel

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

Meaning of stand sentinel

Verb

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

  1. To keep watch. (of soldiers)
  2. (broadly, figuratively) To be in line like soldiers.

Questions about standing sentinel

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

Words near standing sentinel in the dictionary

  1. standing rule
  2. standing rules
  3. standing Sam
  4. standing seam
  5. standing seams
  6. standing sentinel
  7. standing sentry
  8. standing shilly-shally
  9. standing start
  10. standing starts
  11. standing still

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