stand-to
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.14 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- ""Stand-to" at dusk for about an hour, work all night, "stand-to" for an hour before dawn. That's the general programme."
- "I passed the word along the line for the company to stand-to arms. The N.C.O's whispered hoarsely into the dug-outs: ‘Stand-to, stand-to,’ and out the men tumbled with their rifles in their hands."
Etymology
Ellipsis of stand-to-arms.
Inflected Forms
stands-to (plural)
stand-tos (plural)
stand to (alternative)
stands-to (present, singular)
standing-to (participle, present)
stood-to (participle, past)
stood-to (past)