Standing vs Outstanding - What's the difference?
standing | outstanding |
; 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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* 2000 , Bob Breen, Mission Accomplished, East Timor , page 149:
(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.
prominent or noticeable; standing out from others
exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority
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projecting outwards
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unresolved; not settled or finished
owed as a debt
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As adjectives the difference between standing and outstanding
is that standing is erect, not cut down while outstanding is prominent or noticeable; standing out from others.As a verb standing
is present participle of lang=en; in the process of coming to an upright position.As a noun standing
is position or reputation in society or a profession: "He does not have much of a standing as a chemist".standing
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.
Derived terms
* class standing * hard standing * good standingStatistics
* ----outstanding
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=The Gunners captain demonstrated his importance to the team by taking his tally to an outstanding 28 goals in 27 Premier League games as Chelsea slumped again after their shock defeat at QPR last week.}}