Antonyms for standing

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : stan-ding

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstæn dɪŋ

Definition of standing

Origin : late 14c., action of stand (v.). In the sense of "rank, status," it is first recorded 1570s. Legal sense is first recorded 1924. Sports sense is from 1881.

adj permanent
noun position, rank

Example sentences :

Beyond it, I saw you standing with outstretched arms, as if you sought to come to me, but could not.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

The station-master was standing on the platform, superintending the removal of a trunk.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

She had disobeyed by just standing outside the orchard door.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

He seemed ever and always to be standing over her and Corney with that terrible whip.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

And he wheeled one of the easy chairs to the spot where that lady was standing.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

She came over to him presently, standing beside him, saying nothing.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

"You are the surer, Watkin," said Aylward, standing by them with shaft upon string.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Mary was standing rigid now, and the rare color flamed in her cheeks.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Her visitor had accepted the open door as permission to enter and was standing in the hall.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

But standing on the wooden doorstep of the little house was Le Moyne.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Synonyms for standing

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