What is the meaning of standing?

noun

• Social or financial or professional status or reputation.
  • usage: "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing"
• An ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event.
• The act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position.

verb

• Be standing; be upright.
  • usage: "We had to stand for the entire performance"
  • synonyms: stand, stand up
• Be in some specified state or condition.
  • usage: "I stand corrected"
  • synonyms: stand
• Occupy a place or location, also metaphorically.
  • usage: "We stand on common ground"
  • synonyms: stand
• Hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright.
  • usage: "I am standing my ground and won't give in"
  • synonyms: stand, remain firm
• Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
  • usage: "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
  • synonyms: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
• Have or maintain a position or stand on an issue.
  • usage: "Where do you stand on the War"
  • synonyms: stand
• Remain inactive or immobile.
  • usage: "standing water"
  • synonyms: stand
• Be in effect; be or remain in force.
  • usage: "The law stands"
  • synonyms: stand
• Be tall; have a height of; copula.
  • usage: "She stands 6 feet tall"
  • synonyms: stand
• Put into an upright position.
  • usage: "Can you stand the bookshelf up"
  • synonyms: stand, stand up, place upright
• Withstand the force of something.
  • usage: "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"
  • synonyms: resist, stand, fend
• Be available for stud services.
  • usage: "male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females"
  • synonyms: stand

adjective

• Having a supporting base.
  • usage: "a standing lamp"
• Not created for a particular occasion.
  • usage: "a standing committee"
• Of fluids. ( not moving or flowing)
  • usage: "mosquitoes breed in standing water"
• Executed in or initiated from a standing position.
  • usage: "race from a standing start"; "a standing jump"; "a standing ovation"
• Of persons. ( on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs)
  • usage: "standing room only"
• Permanent.
  • usage: "a standing army"