standing
stand|ing /st'ændɪŋ/ (standings)
1 [N-UNCOUNT] with supp, oft adj N, with poss
Someone's standing is their reputation or status.
...an artist of international standing...
He has improved his country's standing abroad...
2 [N-COUNT] usu sing, with poss
A party's or person's standing is their popularity.
But, as the opinion poll shows, the party's standing with the people at large has never been so low...
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
You use standing to describe something which is permanently in existence.
Israel has a relatively small standing army and its strength is based on its reserves...
Elizabeth had a standing invitation to stay with her.
= permanent
4
see also free-standing, long-standing
5 [PHRASE] n PHR
You can use the expression of many years' standing to say that something has had a particular function or someone has had a particular role for many years. For example, if a place is your home of ten years' standing, it has been your home for ten years. (WRITTEN)
...a Congressman of 24 years' standing...
My girlfriend of long standing left me.stand|ing joke (standing jokes)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
If something is a standing joke among a group of people, they often make jokes about it.
Her precision became a standing joke with colleagues.stand|ing or|der (standing orders)
[N-COUNT] also by N
A standing order is an instruction to your bank to pay a fixed amount of money to someone at regular times. (BRIT)stand|ing ova|tion (standing ovations)
[N-COUNT]
If a speaker or performer gets a standing ovation when they have finished speaking or performing, the audience stands up to clap in order to show its admiration or support.stand|ing room
[N-UNCOUNT]
Standing room is space in a room or bus, where people can stand when all the seats have been occupied.
The place quickly fills up so it's soon standing room only.
1 [N-UNCOUNT] with supp, oft adj N, with poss
Someone's standing is their reputation or status.
...an artist of international standing...
He has improved his country's standing abroad...
2 [N-COUNT] usu sing, with poss
A party's or person's standing is their popularity.
But, as the opinion poll shows, the party's standing with the people at large has never been so low...
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
You use standing to describe something which is permanently in existence.
Israel has a relatively small standing army and its strength is based on its reserves...
Elizabeth had a standing invitation to stay with her.
= permanent
4
see also free-standing, long-standing
5 [PHRASE] n PHR
You can use the expression of many years' standing to say that something has had a particular function or someone has had a particular role for many years. For example, if a place is your home of ten years' standing, it has been your home for ten years. (WRITTEN)
...a Congressman of 24 years' standing...
My girlfriend of long standing left me.stand|ing joke (standing jokes)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
If something is a standing joke among a group of people, they often make jokes about it.
Her precision became a standing joke with colleagues.stand|ing or|der (standing orders)
[N-COUNT] also by N
A standing order is an instruction to your bank to pay a fixed amount of money to someone at regular times. (BRIT)stand|ing ova|tion (standing ovations)
[N-COUNT]
If a speaker or performer gets a standing ovation when they have finished speaking or performing, the audience stands up to clap in order to show its admiration or support.stand|ing room
[N-UNCOUNT]
Standing room is space in a room or bus, where people can stand when all the seats have been occupied.
The place quickly fills up so it's soon standing room only.