What does standing mean?
Standing means present participle and gerund of stand.
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/ˈstændɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of stand.
So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
standing ovation
standing committee
standing water
a standing colour
a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed
the standing rigging of a ship
He does not have much of a standing as a chemist.
Use standing when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Standing means present participle and gerund of stand.
Common synonyms include stock, pitch, regular, upright.
Possible antonyms include moving, working, falling, sitting.
So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.