1. status with respect to rank, reputation, or position in society or a profession.
2. high reputation; esteem: a person of standing in the community.
3. continuance in time; duration: a friendship of long standing.
4. law the right or capacity to initiate a suit.
5. the act of one that stands.
6. A place where a person or thing stands.
7. sports A listing of individual competitors or of teams in a league according to their record of performance.
8. remaining upright; erect.
9. not cut down: standing timber.
10. performed or done from a standing position: a standing jump; a standing ovation.
11. permanent and unchanging; fixed.
12. remaining in force or use indefinitely: a standing invitation.
13. not movable; stationary.
14. not flowing or circulating; stagnant.

1. present participle of stand.; in the process of coming to an upright position.
2. erect, not cut down.
3. performed from an erect position.
4. remaining in force or status.
5. stagnant; not moving or flowing.
6. position or reputation in society or a profession: "he does not have much of a standing as a chemist".
7. duration.
8. the act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
9. the position of a team in a league or of a player in a list: "after their last win, their standing went up three places".
10. room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
11. the right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates.

1. remaining erect; not cut down.
2. not flowing; stagnant.
3. not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
4. established by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary.
5. not movable; fixed.
6. the act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand.
7. maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance.
8. place to stand in; station; stand.
9. condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank.

1. having an erect position; upright; perpendicular; hence, rising or raised; high.
2. involving the attitude or position of one who stands; performed while standing: as, a standing jump.
3. remaining at rest; motionless; inactive; specifically, of water, stagnant.
4. permanent; lasting; fixed; not transient, transitory, or occasional: as, a standing rule; a standing order.
5. in printing, remaining for further use: noting composed types, printed or unprinted, which are reserved from distribution.
6. in a military organization, those orders which are always in force.
7. the act of one who stands, in any sense.
8. the time at, in, or during which one stands.
9. the interval during which one keeps, or is supposed to keep, an upright or standing position. compare sitting, n.
10. hence— duration; continuance; practice.
11. A standing-place; a position or post; a stand.
12. relative position; degree; rank; consideration; social, professional, or commercial reputation; specifically, high rank: as, a member in full standing (of a church, society, club, or other organization); a committee composed of men of good standing.

1. (of fluids) not moving or flowing
2. (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs
3. executed in or initiated from a standing position
4. permanent
5. social or financial or professional status or reputation
6. not created for a particular occasion
7. an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event
8. the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position
9. having a supporting base