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stood for

stood for is the simple past and past participle 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 stood for

What is stood for the simple past and past participle of?
Stood for is the simple past and past participle of stand for.

Words near stood for in the dictionary

  1. stood corrected
  2. stood down
  3. stood fast
  4. stood fire
  5. stood firm
  6. stood for
  7. stood from under
  8. stood guard
  9. stood in
  10. stood in for
  11. stood in one's own light

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