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Of or pertaining to England or its people.
English-language; of or pertaining to the English language.
Of or pertaining to an Englishman or Englishwoman.
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Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
(Amish) Non-Amish.
(collective plural) The people of England; Englishmen and Englishwomen.
The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world.
(Amish, collective plural) The non-Amish.
(surname)
One's ability to employ the English language correctly.
The English-language term or expression for something.
Specific language or wording; a text or statements in speech, whether a translation or otherwise.
(countable) A regional type of spoken and or written English; a dialect.
(printing, dated) A kind of type, in size between pica and great primer.
(North American) Spin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards.
(archaic) To translate, adapt or render into English.
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*:severe prohibuit viris suis tum misceri feminas in consuetis suis menstruis, etc. I spare to English this which I have said.
; in the process of coming to an upright position.
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Erect, not cut down.
Performed from an erect position.
Remaining in force or status.
Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
Not movable; fixed.
Position or reputation in society or a profession: "He does not have much of a standing as a chemist ".
Duration.
The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
(sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list: "After their last win, their standing went up three places ".
(British) room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
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(legal) The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates.
As nouns the difference between english and standing
is that english is (us) spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling while standing is position or reputation in society or a profession: "he does not have much of a standing as a chemist ".As a verb standing is
; in the process of coming to an upright position.As an adjective standing is
erect, not cut down.english
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- The Scottish and the English have a history of conflict.
- English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.
Usage notes
* The name of the language, English , when it means "the English language", does not assume an article. Hence: "Say it in plain English!" * The people as a collective noun require the definite article "the" or a demonstrative adjective. Hence: "The English are coming!" or "Oh, those English, always drinking their tea..."Noun
(en-noun)- My coworker has pretty good English for a non-native speaker.
- How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English ?
- The technical details are correct, but the English is not very clear.
- Put more English on the ball.
Verb
(es)Derived terms
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* (l) English autological termsstanding
English
Verb
(head)- So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before'' or ''after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
Adjective
(-)- standing ovation
- standing committee
- standing water
- a standing colour
- a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed
- the standing rigging of a ship
Translations
(upright) * German: (trans-mid) * Spanish: (trans-bottom) (permanent) * German: (trans-mid) * Spanish: (trans-bottom) (water) * German: (trans-mid) * Spanish: (trans-bottom)Derived terms
* standing joke * standing order * standing ovation * standing seam * standing waveAntonyms
* (stagnant) moving, working (committees )Noun
(en noun)- a member of long standing
- I will provide you a good standing to see his entry. — Francis Bacon.
- I think in deep mire, where there is no standing . — Psalms lxix. 2.
- "There was no garage at Lathbury Road, but we had standing for two cars in front of the house."
- "The engineering crisis boiled down to roads, hard standing , and waste."
- He may be insulting, a miserable rotter and a fool, but unless he slanders or libels you, or damages your property, you do not have standing to sue him.