standingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈstæn.dɪŋ/us/ˈstæn.dɪŋ/standing noun [ U ] (REPUTATION)
reputation, rank, or position in an area of activity, system, or organization:
As a pathologist of considerable standing, his opinion will have a lot of influence.
A financial scandal would shake the Institute's standing in the international academic community.
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- He's a barrister of considerable standing.
- The president's standing with the public has been largely unaffected by the disclosure.
- This latest revelation has done nothing to boost his political standing.
- He had the wealth of a gentleman but not the social standing.
- She had hoped that the move would enhance her standing within the company.
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Reputation
- by reputation idiom
- cred
- credibility
- disreputable
- disrepute
- honorably
- honourable
- infamous
- infamy
- mud
- mud sticks idiom
- notoriety
- notorious
- reputable
- reputation
- repute
- smoke
- Teflon
- there's no smoke without fire idiom
- your name is mud idiom
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Organizations - position & status
standing noun [ U ] (TIME)
formal the time for which something has existed:
One member, of twelve years' standing on the committee, resigned in protest at the changes.
See also
long-standing
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Periods of time - general words
- age
- at/in one sitting idiom
- day
- duration
- free time
- gap
- interval
- length
- lifetime
- making
- me time
- rest
- run
- shortly
- slot
- spasm
- spell
- stretch
- term
- timescale
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standingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈstæn.dɪŋ/us/ˈstæn.dɪŋ/permanent, rather than formed or created when necessary:
a standing committee
You know you have a standing invitation to come and stay anytime you're in town.
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Continuous & permanent
- abiding
- ad infinitum
- around-the-clock
- be
- bounce
- ceaseless
- fluidity
- here to stay idiom
- immanent
- imperishable
- incessant
- indelible
- inextinguishable
- nagging
- perpetuity
- persistence
- persistent
- round-the-clock
- seamless
- trot
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Idiom(s)
from a standing start