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stood in

stood in is the simple past and past participle of stand in.

Meaning of stand in

Verb

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

  1. To substitute for; to replace
    1. to serve as an understudy.
  2. To make one of a party in a bet or other speculation.
  3. To take a side in a dispute.
  4. (archaic, slang, transitive) To cost (an amount).
    • That coat stands me in four dollars.

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Questions about stood in

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

Words near stood in in the dictionary

  1. stood fire
  2. stood firm
  3. stood for
  4. stood from under
  5. stood guard
  6. stood in
  7. stood in for
  8. stood in one's own light
  9. stood in one's value
  10. stood in someone's shoes
  11. stood in the gap

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stood in (page history and authors); stand in (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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