standing

 
Pronunciation: /ˈstandɪŋ/

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1position, status, or reputation: their standing in the community a man of high social standing
  • (standings) the table of scores indicating the relative positions of competitors in a sporting contest: she heads the world championship standings
  • 2the length of time that something has lasted or that someone has fulfilled a role; duration: an inter-departmental squabble of long standing
  • 3a stall for cattle and horses.

adjective

[attributive]
  • 1(of a jump or a start in a running race) performed from rest or an upright position, without a run-up or the use of starting blocks: I took a standing jump figurative they built the world’s largest advertising agency from a standing start nineteen years ago
  • 2remaining in force or use; permanent: he has a standing invitation to visit them a standing army
  • 3(of water) stagnant or still: standing water will also freeze in winter
  • 4 Printing (of metal type) kept set up after use.

Phrases

all standing

Sailing (chiefly with reference to a boat’s stopping) without time to lower the sails: Passion Flower brought up all standing with a crash

in good standing

in favour or on good terms with someone: the companies wanted to stay in good standing with the government

leave someone/thing standing

informal be much better or make much faster progress than someone or something else: in the personal fitness stakes he left her standing