Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stand up

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.12 in modern English

Syllables: stand up
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To rise from a lying or sitting position.

Intransitive verb

verb

To bring something up and set it into a standing position; to set something up.

Transitive verb

verb

(stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.

Transitive verb

verb

To last or endure over a period of time.

Intransitive verb

verb

To continue to be believable, consistent, or plausible.

Intransitive verb

verb

To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.

Intransitive verb

verb

To launch, propel upwards

Transitive verb

verb

To formally activate and commission (a unit, formation, etc.).

American usage; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Stand up, then sit down again."
"He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.[…]But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again[…]she found her mother standing up before the seat on which she had sat all the evening searching anxiously for her with her eyes, and her father by her side."
"Laura stood the sofa up on end."
"John stood Laura up at the movie theater."
"— What?! Why did you come HERE then? You should be at a hospital! — A gentleman never stands a lady up."
"Both Venus 5 and Venus 6 had apparently stood up well under the rigors of their 217-million-mile trips."

Etymology

From Middle English standen up, from Old English standan up; equivalent to stand + up. Compare Old Norse standa upp.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: standen up, standan up

Usage

Inflected Forms

stands up (present, singular) standing up (participle, present) stood up (participle, past) stood up (past)

Derived Forms

standupper

Phrases

stand-up stand up and be counted stand up and give it to him stand up for stand-up meeting stand up on one's hind legs stand up to stand up to be counted

Frequently Paired Words

stand stand down sit down sit up lie down get up

Synonyms

stick up stand place upright arise rise uprise get up bristle

Questions

What does stand up mean?: To rise from a lying or sitting position.
Where does stand up come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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