standing

stand·ing

S0703200 (stăn′dĭng)n.1. a. Status with respect to rank, reputation, or position in society or a profession: obsessed with their low social standing.b. High reputation; esteem: a person of standing in the community.2. Continuance in time; duration: a friendship of long standing.3. Law The right or capacity of a party to assert a particular cause of action in a court of law, based on such factors as whether the party is authorized by law to sue and has sufficient stake in the outcome to ensure that the case will be properly presented.4. The act of one that stands: sore feet from standing for so long.5. standings Sports A listing of individual competitors or of teams in a league according to their record of performance.adj.1. a. Remaining upright; erect.b. Not cut down: standing timber.2. Performed or done from a standing position: a standing jump; a standing ovation.3. Permanent and unchanging; fixed.4. Remaining in force or use indefinitely: a standing invitation.5. Not movable; stationary.6. Not flowing or circulating; stagnant.

standing

(ˈstændɪŋ) n1. social or financial position, status, or reputation: a man of some standing. 2. length of existence, experience, etc3. (modifier) used to stand in or on: standing room. adj4. (Athletics (Track & Field)) athletics a. (of the start of a race) begun from a standing position without the use of starting blocksb. (of a jump, leap, etc) performed from a stationary position without a run-up5. (prenominal) permanent, fixed, or lasting6. (prenominal) still or stagnant: a standing pond. 7. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing (of type) set and stored for future use. Compare dead¹⁷

stand•ing

(ˈstæn dɪŋ)

n. 1. rank or status, esp. with respect to social, economic, or personal position, reputation, etc. 2. good position, reputation, or credit. 3. length of continuance, residence, experience, etc. 4. standings, a list of teams or contestants arranged according to their past records. 5. a place where a person or thing stands. 6. the right to initiate or participate in a legal action. adj. 7. having an erect or upright position: a standing lamp. 8. done in or from an erect position: a standing jump; a standing ovation. 9. still; not flowing or stagnant. 10. lasting or permanent. 11. continuing in force, use, etc.: a standing rule. 12. out of use; idle. 13. Naut. noting any of various objects or assemblages of objects fixed in place or position, unless moved for adjustment or repairs: standing bowsprit. [1300–50]

Standing

See Also: BEARING, IMMOBILITY, PERSONAL PROFILES, POSTURE

He was standing there with his arms at his sides like a wooden soldier —Ann Beattie
(Mrs. Snow was) standing framed in the doorway like a faded vestal virgin guarding a shrine —Ross Macdonald
Standing … like a painted statue —Iris Murdoch
Stand like clockwork toys —W. S. Gilbert
Stands like the figurehead at a ship’s prow —Stevie Smith
A variation on the same theme: “Stood, like a carving on the prow of a ship.”
Stood around like shadows —Maya Angelou
Stood as if thunderstruck —Joseph Conrad
Stood before us, huge and dark like a colossus —Margaret Drabble
Stood like a private before his colonel —Frank Swinnerton
Stood like lead —Wallace Irwin
Stood like stocks —Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Stood stiffly as a hanged man —Leigh Allison Wilson
Stood up and stretched like a sleepy cat —Gloria Norris

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	standing - social or financial or professional status or reputation; "of equal standing"; "a member in good standing"status, position - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"rating - standing or position on a scaleranking - position on a scale in relation to others in a sportprominence - the state of being prominent: widely known or eminentgrandness, importance - a prominent status; "a person of importance"prestige, prestigiousness - a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.; "he wanted to achieve power and prestige"obscurity - an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known; "he worked in obscurity for many years"honour, laurels, honor - the state of being honoreddishonor, dishonour - a state of shame or disgrace; "he was resigned to a life of dishonor"
	2.	standing - an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting eventlist, listing - a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
	3.	standing - the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright positionmovement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
Adj.	1.	standing - having a supporting base; "a standing lamp"erect, upright, vertical - upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"
	2.	standing - not created for a particular occasion; "a standing committee"lasting, permanent - continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"
	3.	standing - (of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water"running - (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; "as mountain stream with freely running water"; "hovels without running water"
	4.	standing - executed in or initiated from a standing position; "race from a standing start"; "a standing jump"; "a standing ovation"running - executed or initiated by running; "running plays worked better than pass plays"; "took a running jump"; "a running start"
	5.	standing - (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs; "standing room only"seated, sitting - (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks; "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated"
	6.	standing - permanent; "a standing army"regular - (used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces; "the regular army"

standing

noun1. status, position, station, footing, condition, credit, rank, reputation, eminence, estimation, repute He has improved his country's standing abroad.2. duration, existence, length of time, experience, continuance My girlfriend of long standing left me.adjective1. permanent, lasting, fixed, regular, repeated, perpetual a standing offer2. upright, erect, vertical, rampant (Heraldry), perpendicular, upended standing stones3. stagnant, still, sluggish, quiet, stale, motionless, brackish Mosquito larvae require standing water in which to complete their development.Related words
fear stasiphobia

standing

noun1. Positioning of one individual vis-à-vis others:footing, place, position, rank, situation, station, status.2. The level of credit or respect at which one is regarded by others:face, prestige, status.

Translations

名望地位期间永久的

stand

(stӕnd) – past tense, past participle stood (stud) – verb1. to be in an upright position, not sitting or lying. His leg was so painful that he could hardly stand; After the storm, few trees were left standing.站立2. (often with up) to rise to the feet. He pushed back his chair and stood up; Some people like to stand (up) when the National Anthem is played.站起3. to remain motionless. The train stood for an hour outside Newcastle.停滞4. to remain unchanged. This law still stands.保持不变5. to be in or have a particular place. There is now a factory where our house once stood. 在某处，位于 6. to be in a particular state, condition or situation. As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially? 处于某种状态（或境地） 7. to accept or offer oneself for a particular position etc. He is standing as Parliamentary candidate for our district.接受或使某人处于某种境地8. to put in a particular position, especially upright. He picked up the fallen chair and stood it beside the table.竖放9. to undergo or endure. He will stand (his) trial for murder; I can't stand her rudeness any longer.忍受10. to pay for (a meal etc) for (a person). Let me stand you a drink!付帐 noun1. a position or place in which to stand ready to fight etc, or an act of fighting etc. The guard took up his stand at the gate; I shall make a stand for what I believe is right. （战斗）立场 2. an object, especially a piece of furniture, for holding or supporting something. a coat-stand; The sculpture had been removed from its stand for cleaning. 架（子） 3. a stall where goods are displayed for sale or advertisement. （展示、销售）摊 4. a large structure beside a football pitch, race course etc with rows of seats for spectators. The stand was crowded.看台5. (American) a witness box in a law court. （美）法院的证人席 take the stand to come and sit in the witness box in order to testify. The witness was asked to take the stand.出庭作证ˈstanding adjective permanent. The general's standing orders must be obeyed.永久的 noun1. time of lasting. an agreement of long standing.期间2. rank or reputation. a diplomat of high standing. 地位，名望 ˈstand-by – plural ˈstand-bys – noun1. readiness for action. Two fire-engines went directly to the fire, and a third was on stand-by (= ready to go if ordered).备用设备2. something that can be used in an emergency etc. Fruit is a good stand-by when children get hungry between meals.备用品 adjective (of an airline passenger or ticket) costing or paying less than the usual fare, as the passenger does not book a seat for a particular flight, but waits for the first available seat. （飞机）廉价候座（票） adverb travelling in this way. It costs a lot less to travel stand-by. 购买廉价候座（票）旅行 ˈstand-in noun a person who takes someone else's job etc for a temporary period, especially in making films. 替身ˈstanding-room noun space for standing only, not sitting. There was standing-room only on the bus.站座make someone's hair stand on end to frighten someone very greatly. The horrible scream made his hair stand on end.毛骨悚然stand aside to move to one side or withdraw out of someone's way. He stood aside to let me pass.让开stand back to move backwards or away. A crowd gathered round the injured man, but a policeman ordered everyone to stand back. 退后，退让 stand by1. to watch something happening without doing anything. I couldn't just stand by while he was hitting the child.袖手旁观2. to be ready to act. The police are standing by in case of trouble.准备行动3. to support; to stay loyal to. She stood by him throughout his trial.支持stand down to withdraw eg from a contest. 退出，引退，撤离 stand fast/firm to refuse to yield. 坚贞不屈stand for1. to be a candidate for election to. He stood for Parliament.做候选人2. to be an abbreviation for. HQ stands for Headquarters.是...的简写3. to represent. I like to think that our school stands for all that is best in education.代表4. to tolerate. I won't stand for this sort of behaviour.允许stand in to take another person's place, job etc for a time. The leading actor was ill and another actor stood in for him. 代替者，替身 stand on one's own (two) feet to manage one's own affairs without help. 自力，自理 stand out1. to be noticeable. She stood out as one of the prettiest girls in the school.出色2. to go on resisting or to refuse to yield. The garrison stood out (against the besieging army) as long as possible. 坚持抵抗，拒绝投降 stand over to supervise closely. I have to stand over him to make him do his schoolwork.监督stand up for to support or defend. She stood up for him when the others bullied him.支持stand up to to show resistance to. He stood up to the bigger boys who tried to bully him; These chairs have stood up to very hard use. 勇敢地面对，抵抗

Standing

Related to Standing: standing committee

Standing

The legally protectible stake or interest that an individual has in a dispute that entitles him to bring the controversy before the court to obtain judicial relief.

Standing, sometimes referred to as standing to sue, is the name of the federal law doctrine that focuses on whether a prospective plaintiff can show that some personal legal interest has been invaded by the defendant. It is not enough that a person is merely interested as a member of the general public in the resolution of the dispute. The person must have a personal stake in the outcome of the controversy.

The standing doctrine is derived from the U.S. Constitution's Article III provision that federal courts have the power to hear "cases" arising under federal law and "controversies" involving certain types of parties. In the most fundamental application of the philosophy of judicial restraint, the U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted this language to forbid the rendering of advisory opinions.

Once a federal court determines that a real case or controversy exists, it must then ascertain whether the parties to the litigation have standing. The Supreme Court has developed an elaborate body of principles defining the nature and scope of standing. Basically, a plaintiff must have suffered some direct or substantial injury or be likely to suffer such an injury if a particular wrong is not redressed. A defendant must be the party responsible for perpetrating the alleged legal wrong.

Most standing issues arise over the enforcement of an allegedly unconstitutional statute, ordinance, or policy. One may challenge a law or policy on constitutional grounds if he can show that enforcement of the law or implementation of the policy infringes on an individual constitutional right, such as Freedom of Speech. For example, in tinker v. des moines independent community school district, 393 U.S. 503, 89 S. Ct. 733, 21 L. Ed. 2d 731 (1969), high school officials in Des Moines, Iowa, had suspended students for wearing black armbands to school to protest U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. There was no question that the parents of the students had standing to challenge the restrictions on the wearing of armbands. Mere ideological opposition to a particular government policy, such as the Vietnam War, however, is not sufficient grounds to challenge that policy in court.

A significant economic injury or burden is sufficient to provide standing to sue, but in most situations a taxpayer does not have standing to challenge policies or programs that she is forced to support. In Frothingham v. Mellon, 288 F. 252 (C.A.D.C. 1923), the Supreme Court denied a federal taxpayer the right to challenge a federal program that she claimed violated the Tenth Amendment, which reserves certain powers to the states. The Court said that a party must show some "direct injury as the result of the statute's enforcement, and not merely that he suffers in some indefinite way common with people generally."

Although the Supreme Court made a narrow exception to this prohibition on taxpayer suits in Flast v. Cohen, 392 U.S. 83, 88 S. Ct. 1942, 20 L. Ed. 2d 947 (1968), granting standing to a taxpayer to challenge federal spending that would benefit parochial schools, the Court has never gone beyond that. In fact, there is some doubt as to the vitality of the Flast decision. In 1974 the Court denied standing to a taxpayer who sought to challenge Congress's exempting the Central Intelligence Agency from the constitutional requirement under Article I, Section 9, Clause 7, that government expenditures be publicly reported (United States v. Richardson, 418 U.S. 166, 94 S. Ct. 2940, 41 L. Ed. 2d 678). Since Richardson the Court has continued to maintain the traditional barrier against taxpayer lawsuits.

The issue of standing has played a crucial role in Class Action lawsuits, especially those filed by environmental groups. In Sierra Club v. Morton, 405 U.S. 727, 92 S. Ct. 1361, 31 L. Ed. 2d 636 (1972), the Court denied standing to an environmental group that was challenging a decision by the secretary of the interior. The Court ruled that the Sierra Club had not demonstrated that its members would be substantially adversely affected by the secretary's decision. Later environmental class actions have overcome the standing hurdle by including specific harms that group members would suffer, thus avoiding the Court's rule against generalized concerns.

The issue of standing is more than a technical aspect of the judicial process. A grant or denial of standing determines who may challenge government policies and what types of policies may be challenged. Those who believe that the federal courts should not increase their power generally believe standing should be used to limit access to the courts by persons or groups seeking to change public policy. They believe the legislative branch should deal with these types of issues. Opponents of a strict standing test complain that plaintiffs never get a chance to prove their case in court. They believe that justice should not be denied by the application of judicially created doctrines such as standing.

Cross-references

Judicial Review.

standing

n. the right to file a lawsuit or file a petition under the circumstances. Example: a trade association will have standing to file a petition for a writ of mandate to order a state government agency to enforce a regulation if the association represents businesses affected by the regulation, the individual businesses belonging to the association have an interest in the outcome, and it would be impractical for each business to file its own petition or for a court to deal with all of them. A plaintiff will have standing to sue in Federal court if a) there is an actual controversy, b) a Federal statute gives the Federal court jurisdiction, and, c) the parties are residents of different states or otherwise fit the Constitutional requirements for Federal court jurisdiction. (See: actual controversy, jurisdiction)

standing

stand·ing

standing

stand•ing

Standing

standing

standing

stand

standing

standing

standing

Standing

Standing

Cross-references

standing

standing

Standing

standing

standing

Synonyms for standing

noun status

Synonyms

noun duration

Synonyms

adj permanent

Synonyms

adj upright

Synonyms

adj stagnant

Synonyms

Synonyms for standing

noun positioning of one individual vis-à-vis others

Synonyms

noun the level of credit or respect at which one is regarded by others

Synonyms

Antonyms for standing

noun social or financial or professional status or reputation

Related Words

noun an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event

Related Words

noun the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position

Related Words

adj having a supporting base

Related Words

adj not created for a particular occasion

Related Words

adj (of fluids) not moving or flowing

Antonyms

adj executed in or initiated from a standing position

Antonyms

adj (of persons) on the feet

Antonyms

adj permanent

Related Words