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stands up for

stands up for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stand up for.

Meaning of stand up for

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like).
    • She stood up for me when no one else would, and I've never forgotten it.
    Synonyms:
    stick up for, defend

Questions about stands up for

What is stands up for the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stands up for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stand up for.

Words near stands up for in the dictionary

  1. stands trial
  2. stands under
  3. stands up
  4. stands up against
  5. stands up and is counted
  6. stands up for
  7. stands up on one's hind legs
  8. stands up to
  9. stands up to be counted
  10. stands up with
  11. stands upon one's terms

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