Definitions
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- n. Plural form of stand.
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stand.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. a structure (often made of wood and sometimes temporary) with seats or benches where people can sit to watch an event (such as a game or parade).
Etymologies
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Examples
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+ACT III: Scene iia+ p. 275, l. 28 _stands and stares a while. _ 1724 'stands a while and stares'.p. 277, l. 28 _shall be. _ 4to 1690 'shall not be'.
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In modern parlance, the term stands chiefly for the staff of a bishop, abbot or some other holy person, but its traditional meaning was “the carrier of the staff.”
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Seals - the term stands for Sea-Air-Land teams - were created by President
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The name stands for peer-to-peer university, and anyone can be a student or an instructor on the website.
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In a nutshell, the NSA will feed vast amounts of the information it collects to a computer system known as Aquaint the acronym stands for Advanced QUestion Answering for INTelligence, which the computer can then use to detect patterns and predict behavior.
John W. Whitehead: The Stop Online Piracy Act: Yet Another Stealth Maneuver to Control the Internet
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GRAIL – the name stands for Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory – is a scaled-down analogue of GRACE, the twin US-German satellites that have been surveying the Earth's gravity from orbit since 2002.
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The acronym stands for Male Genital Mutilation, and the group argues that men deserve the same protection afforded to women by the federal Female Genital Mutilation Act.
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But the Osiris-Rex mission the acronym stands for Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer is also a wistful reminder of abandoned dreams.
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The "i" in the name stands for interaction: "The premise behind the charity from the very first thoughts has been about transparency and forming a connection with supporters," says volunteer digital strategist Kirsty Stephenson.
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The ‘MD’ behind your name stands for Moron Doctor.
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