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standing | sorta |

As a verb standing

is ; in the process of coming to an upright position.

As an adjective standing

is erect, not cut down.

As a noun standing

is position or reputation in society or a profession: "he does not have much of a standing as a chemist ".

As an adverb sorta is

(informal) sort of; somewhat; not quite.

As a contraction sorta is

(colloquial) sort of.

standing

English

Verb

(head)
  • ; in the process of coming to an upright position.
  • * 1991 ,
    • So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before'' or ''after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Erect, not cut down.
  • Performed from an erect position.
    • standing ovation
  • Remaining in force or status.
    • standing committee
  • Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
    • standing water
  • Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
    • a standing colour
  • Not movable; fixed.
    • 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 wave

    Antonyms

    * (stagnant) moving, working (committees )

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Position or reputation in society or a profession: "He does not have much of a standing as a chemist ".
  • Duration.
    • a member of long standing
  • The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
    • 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.
  • (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
  • * 1992 , P.D. James, The Children of Men , page 28:
    • "There was no garage at Lathbury Road, but we had standing for two cars in front of the house."
  • * 2000 , Bob Breen, Mission Accomplished, East Timor , page 149:
    • "The engineering crisis boiled down to roads, hard standing , and waste."
  • (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.
    • 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 standing

    Statistics

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    sorta

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (informal) Sort of; somewhat; not quite.
    • The portraits on the wall aren't so useful, just sorta cool to have around
  • * 1912 , Caspar Whitney, Albert Britt, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction , Volume 60, page 680,
    • 'Webb,' he says sorta sorrowful like, 'it looks like a howlin' shame to have a bang-up American girl hooked up to a money-grubbin' member of the British nobility. '
  • * 1993 July, Sort of a Hero'', in '' , page 34,
    • In fact the whole thing sorta backfired on old Chuck — and on me and Pete too. Instead of laughing about it, most people thought it was pretty crummy.

    Synonyms

    * kinda

    Contraction

  • (colloquial) sort of.
    • There's gotta be some sorta explanation.
  • * 2001 , Lawrence A. Wenzel, The Sandcastle at High Tide , page 97,
    • He glanced at her then back at me. "What sorta research?"
    "Well, war correspondent might not be too far off," I said.

    Anagrams

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