standing
/ˈstændɪŋ/ noun C2- Position or reputation in society or a profession. · He does not have much of a standing as a chemist.
- Duration. · a member of long standing
- The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
- 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.
- 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
Plural standings
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He called to her and earnestly begged her to come lower down, lest she fall by some mishap; and he added that the meadows lay where he was standing, and that the herbage was most tender.
When these people drew near the house where Dorothy was standing in the doorway, they paused and whispered among themselves, as if afraid to come farther.
Dorothy was going to ask another question, but just then the Munchkins, who had been standing silently by, gave a loud shout and pointed to the corner of the house where the Wicked Witch had been lying.
There was the Scarecrow, still standing patiently in his corner, waiting for her.
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