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stand·ing     (stān'dĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    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.
  2. Continuance in time; duration: a friendship of long standing.
  3. Law The right or capacity to initiate a suit.
  4. The act of one that stands.
  5. A place where a person or thing stands.
  6. standings Sports A listing of individual competitors or of teams in a league according to their record of performance.
adj.  
    1. Remaining upright; erect.
    2. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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