stand

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. abide, tolerate, endure, support; last, persist; remain up-right; pause, halt, stop; be, re-main; stagnate; be valid; put, place; bear, undergo; stand for, represent, mean. See durability, indication, existence, perfection, resistance. Ant., reject, sit.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Position]

Syn. notion, view, belief; see attitude 2 , opinion 1 .

2. [A platform]

Syn. stage, gantry, station; see platform 1 .

• make or [m1]• take a stand*,

Syn. insist, assert, take a position; see declare 1 , fight 1 , 2 , say .

• take the stand,

Syn. bear witness, give evidence, give testimony, be sworn in; see testify .

v.

1. [To be in an upright position]

Syn. be erect, be on one's feet, stand up, come to one's feet, rise, jump up*.

2. [To endure]

Syn. last, persist, survive, hold; see endure 1 .

3. [To tolerate]

Syn. endure, bear, withstand; see endure 2 .

4. [To be of a certain height]

Syn. be, attain, come to; see reach 1 .

5. [To be situated]

Syn. fill, hold, take up; see occupy 2 .

6. [To oppose]

Syn. withstand, stand against, confront; see compete , oppose 1 .

7. [*To pay for]

Syn. bear the cost, stand the expense, make payment; see pay 1 .

See Synonym Study at endure .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

1. resistance defense, counter, repulsion, opposition.

2. position stance, view, viewpoint, standpoint, attitude, belief, point of view, policy.

3. platform stage, dais, podium, rostrum, pulpit, lectern, witness box.

4. grandstand bleachers, seats.

5. kiosk booth, stall, counter.

6. table holder, rack, shelf, cradle.

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v.

1. rise to one's feet stay on one's feet, be erect.

2. endure take, put up with, withstand, suffer, abide, tolerate, bear, weather, brave.

ANT.: 1. sit, recline. 2. *cave in, collapse, buckle

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To adopt a standing posture. Also used with up: arise, get up, rise, uprise, upspring. Idiom: get to one's feet. See RISE. 2. To restore to or place in an upright or proper position. Also used with up: right. See HORIZONTAL. 3. To put up with. Also used with for: abide, accept, bear, brook2, endure, go, stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand. Informal: lump2. Idioms: take it, take it lying down. See ACCEPT. 4. Informal. To pay for the food, drink, or entertainment of (another): treat. Informal: set up. Slang: blow1. Idiom: stand treat. See PAY.