standing

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun social or financial or professional status or reputation
  2. noun an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event
  3. noun the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position

Etymology

From Middle English standynge, stondynge, standende, stondinde, standande, stondande, from Old English standende, stondende, from Proto-Germanic *standandz (“standing”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), equivalent to stand + -ing.

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