Talk:stand

Delete the list of examples
It seems to me we need to delete the long list of examples, which were probably written in lieu of a good set of definitions. Also, the many related terms need linked pages of their own (ideally with English definitions), or this entry is going to be awfully long and awkward to maintain. Any ideas or objections? : Dvortygirl 10:01, 19 Jan 2004 (UTC)


 * Done. -- Ortonmc 21:26, 19 Jan 2004 (UTC)

For election
In UK english, one stands for election, much as in the US one runs for office. This should be added 82.21.250.171 21:42, 30 June 2007 (UTC)


 * ✅ long ago. Equinox ◑ 06:13, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

stand small
1) Could you explain "standing small" in this song of ABBA "the winner takes it all"

The winner takes it all The loser standing small

2) Should it be a new entry in the wiktionnary or to be incorporated in another meaning of to stand

3) I am a newby here and can't understand where I should have gone to ask these questions (it's far too complicated to find the appropriate section that you ask me to find Sneaky 013 17:24, 14 December 2009 (UTC)


 * It's the sense "To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation"; it means that the loser is in an inferior position compared to the winner. Equinox ◑ 06:13, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

stand a good chance of something
Is this adequately covered by any of our verb senses? Equinox ◑ 06:12, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

the sauce stands
Same meaning as the sauce separates. I missed the translation but found it by searching on Google //how to avoid that the sauce stands // --Donald j axel (talk) 14:09, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

stand or fall by
stand or fall by something: to succeed or fail depending on particular circumstances Microsoft® Encarta® 2009 --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:18, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

To engage in or encounter
Stand battle --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:48, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Linking verb
Often unexpected candidates serve as linking verbs—e.g.: • “Before the vote, the senator stood *uncertainly [read uncertain for several days.) (The word describes not the manner of standing, but the man himself.)] --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:43, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Swahili translations
Someone has added the Swahili wordmsimamo to a whole bunch of the supposedly "checked" translations with specific verbal senses. It is obviously completely wrong as msimamo is a noun. I went through and added correct translations and also provided notes about which tenses to use for which sense (e.g. "to support oneself on one's feet" = kusimama in a perfect tense, e.g. Nimesimama means 'I am standing (statically)' or 'I HAVE risen to my feet'; "to rise to one's feet" = kusimama in any tense, e.g. Ninasimama means 'I am rising to my feet'). Unfortunately, when I finished my edits, I accidentally published without previewing and I made some syntax error which prevented any of the verbal translations of "stand" in any language from being visible. I reverted the change. I can't see what could have done that. Can someone please look at the translations I contributed and implement them with correct syntax so as not to break the page? 120.22.66.248 02:00, 28 May 2023 (UTC)