standings

Noun

standing (countable and uncountable, plural standings)

1. (figuratively) Position or reputation in society or a profession.
   • He does not have much of a standing as a chemist.

   Synonyms:

   stock

2. Duration.
   • a member of long standing
3. The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
   • Tech[elles]. I heare them come, ſhall wee encounter them?
     Tam[burlaine]. Keep all your ſtandings, and not ſtir a foot,
     Myſelfe will bide the danger of the brunt.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
4. The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.
   • After their last win, their standing went up three places.
5. (UK) Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
   • "There was no garage at Lathbury Road, but we had standing for two cars in front of the house."1992, P. D. James, The Children of Men, page 28
6. 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.
   • to have standing

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