Stand vs Post - What's the difference?
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(lb) To or be positioned physically.
#(lb) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
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, passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,
#(lb) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
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# To remain motionless.
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#*Bible, (w) ii, 9
#*:The star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
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#*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
#(lb) To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
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#*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect.
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#*:He seized the gun which always stood in a corner of his bedroom.
#(lb) To place in an upright or standing position.
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#(lb) To occupy or hold a place; to be situated or located.
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#(lb) To measure when erect on the feet.
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#*:Six feet two, as I think, he stands .
(lb) To or be positioned mentally.
# To be positioned to gain or lose.
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# To tolerate.
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, title= #(lb) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
#*Spectator
#*:readers by whose judgment I would stand or fall
#(lb) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
#*Bible, (w) viii. 11
#*:The king granted the Jewsto gather themselves together, and to stand for their life.
#*(Robert South) (1634–1716)
#*:the standing pattern of their imitation
# To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
#*Bible, (w) ix. 10
#*:sacrificeswhich stood only in meats and drinks
#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
#*:Accomplish what your signs foreshow; / I stand resigned, and am prepared to go.
#*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
#*:Thou seest how it stands with me, and that I may not tarry.
(lb) To or be positioned socially.
# To act as an umpire.
#(lb) To undergo; withstand; hold up.
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#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
#*:Love stood the siege.
#*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
#*:Bid him disband his legions,/ And stand the judgment of a Roman senate.
#*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
#*:He stood the furious foe.
# To seek election.
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#*(Izaak Walton) (c.1594-1683)
#*:He stood to be elected one of the proctors of the university.
#(lb) To be valid.
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#(lb) To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.
#*1957 , (Matt Christopher),
#*:"Kim, Jack, and I will stand you guys," Jimmie Burdette said. ¶ "We'll smear you!" laughed Ron.
#* R. J. Childerhose,
#*:The game stopped while sides were sorted out. Andy did the sorting. "Okay," he said. "Jimmy is coming out. He and Gaston and Ike and me will stand you guys."
#*1978 , (Louis Sachar),
#*:"Hey, Louis," Dameon shouted. "Do you want to play kickball?" ¶ ""All right," said Louis. "Ron and I will both play."¶ "Ron and I will stand everybody!" Louis announced.
#To cover the expense of; to pay for.
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#(lb) To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation.
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#(lb) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
#*(Philip Massinger) (1583-1640)
#*:Doubt me not; by heaven, I will do nothing / But what may stand with honour.
#(lb) To appear in court.
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Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
*1630 , John Smith, True Travels , in Kupperman 1988, p.40:
*:To repaire his defects, hee stood for the coast of Calabria, but hearing there was six or seven Galleyes at Mesina hee departed thence for Malta.
(lb) To remain without ruin or injury.
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:My mind on its own centre stands unmoved.
*(Lord Byron) (1788-1824)
*:The ruin'd wall / Stands when its wind-worn battlements are gone.
(lb) To stop asking for more cards.
The act of standing.
*Spectator
*:I took my stand upon an eminenceto look into their several ladings.
A defensive position or effort. (rfex)
A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
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A period of performance in a given location or venue.
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A device to hold something upright or aloft.
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*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand , and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
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A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
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(lb) A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
*1625 , (Francis Bacon), “Of Truth”, Essays
*:One of the later school of the Grecians, examineth the matter, and is at a stand , to think what should be in it, that men should love lies; where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchant; but for the lie’s sake.
*1819 , (Lord Byron), , I.168:
*:Antonia's patience now was at a stand — / "Come, come, 't is no time now for fooling there," / She whispered
A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I have found you out a stand most fit, / Where you may have such vantage on the duke, / He shall not pass you.
The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
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(lb) grandstand (often in plural)
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, title= A single set, as of arms.
*1927 , Herbert Asbury, The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld , Paragon House (1990), ISBN 1-55778-348-9, p.170:
*:The police and troops captured eleven thousand stand of arms, including muskets and pistols, together with several thousand bludgeons and other weapons.
(lb) Rank; post; station; standing.
*(Samuel Daniel) (1562-1619)
*:Father, since your fortune did attain / So high a stand , I mean not to descend.
(lb) A state of perplexity or embarrassment.
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A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
(lb) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.
(Webster 1913)
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post
(construction) a stud; a two-by-four
A pole in a battery
(dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
a prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes
(paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches
(sports) goalpost
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(obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
* S. Rowlands
To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
* Granville
(accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
* Arbuthnot
To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up .
* London Saturday Review
(poker) To pay (a blind)
(obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route.
(dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
* Archbishop Abbot
* Shakespeare
* 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 199:
An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
* Alexander Pope
A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
A message posted in an electronic forum.
A location on a basketball court near the basket.
(American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
(obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
* Palfrey
To send an item of mail.
To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
(UK, horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
(Internet) To publish a message to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 353:
* 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly’, Plain Tales from the Hills , Folio 2005, p. 93:
sent via the postal service
An assigned station; a guard post.
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, title= An appointed position in an organization.
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, title= To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
To assign to a station; to set; to place.
* De Quincey
after; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications
* 2008 , Michael Tomasky, "Obama cannot let the right cast him in that 60s show", The Guardian ,
* 2008 , Matthew Stevens, "Lew pressured to reveal what he knows", The Australian ,
In transitive terms the difference between stand and post
is that stand is to oppose, usually as a team, in competition while post is to hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.In sports terms the difference between stand and post
is that stand is grandstand often in plural while post is goalpost.In obsolete terms the difference between stand and post
is that stand is a weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch while post is one who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.As verbs the difference between stand and post
is that stand is To position or be positioned physically.post is to hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.As nouns the difference between stand and post
is that stand is the act of standing while post is a long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post.As an adverb post is
with the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly.As a preposition post is
after; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.As an acronym POST is
power-On Self-Test.As a proper noun Post is
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Verb
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=“[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand' that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't ' stand is to have them togs called a livery.
Basketball Sparkplug, Ch.7:
Hockey Fever in Goganne Falls, p.95:
Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Ch.21:
Usage notes
* In older works, standen is found as a past participle of this verb; it is now archaic. * (tolerate) This is almost always found in a negative form such as can’t stand', or ' No-one can stand… In this sense it is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (term) or infinitive . See .Derived terms
* bestand * offstand * a leg to stand on * stand alone/stand-alone * stand aside * stand and deliver * stand back * stand by * stand corrected * stand down * stand easy * stand firm * stand for * stand from under * stand guard * stand off/stand-off * stand on * stand on ceremony * stand out * stand over * stand-in * stand in for * * stand on end * * stand pat * stand still * stand tall * stand to reason * stand watch * stand up/stand-up/standup * understand * upstandNoun
(en noun)Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland, passage=The end of the opening period was relatively quite [sic] as Vassiljev's desperate shot from well outside the penalty area flew into the stand housing the Irish supporters and then Ward's ctoss [sic] was gathered by goalkeeper Pareiko.}}
England v West Indies: Hosts cruise home in Lord's Test, passage=England wrapped up a five-wicket victory in the first Test as a stand of 132 between Alastair Cook and Ian Bell saw off an early West Indies charge.}}
Derived terms
(Terms derived from the noun "stand") * at a stand * bandstand * bicycle stand * blow this pop stand * clamp stand * coat stand * concessions stand * cruet stand * dish stand * grandstand * home stand * kickstand * music stand * one-night stand * outstanding * retort stand * ring stand * Sheffield stand * stable stand * standout * standpoint * standstill * take a firm stand * take a stand * take the stand * taxi stand * track stand * umbrella stand * upstanding * witness standStatistics
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English
(wikipedia post)Alternative forms
* poast (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post . }}
- When God sends coin / I will discharge your post .
Derived terms
* doorpost * fencepost * from pillar to post * gatepost * goalpost * hitching post * king post * lamppost * listening post * milepost * newel post * post hole * * scratching post * signpost * tool postVerb
(en verb)- Post no bills.
- to post someone for cowardice
- On pain of being posted to your sorrow / Fail not, at four, to meet me.
- You have not posted your books these ten years.
- thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day
- Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
Derived terms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- a stage or railway post
- In certain places there be always fresh posts , to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other.
- I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, / Receiving them from such a worthless post .
- information was filtered through the counting-houses and warehouses of Antwerp; posts galloped along the roads of the Low Countries, while dispatches streamed through Calais, and were passed off the merchant galleys arriving in London from the Flanders ports.
- sent via ''post'''; ''parcel '''post
- I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post .
- Two of the receivers ran post patterns.
- In post he came.
- He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post , for several years.
Derived terms
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Verb
(en verb)- Mail items posted before 7.00pm within the Central Business District and before 5.00pm outside the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day.
- Post speedily to my lord your husband.
- And post o'er land and ocean without rest.
- I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.
Derived terms
*Adverb
(-)- In this posture were affairs at the inn when a gentleman arrived there post .
- He prided himself on looking neat even when he was riding post .
Descendants
* German: (l)Etymology 3
Probably from (etyl) poste.Noun
(en noun)The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts . For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism, passage=She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post . But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.}}
Verb
(en verb)- Post a sentinel in front of the door.
- It might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant, or to get him posted .
Etymology 4
From (etyl) postPreposition
(English prepositions)online,
- One of the most appealing things for me about Barack Obama has always been that he comes post the post-60s generation.
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- Lew reckons he had three options for the cash-cow which was Premier post the Coles sale.