standing: meaning and definitions

Status with respect to rank, reputation, or position in society or a profession.

High reputation; esteem: a person of standing in the community.

Continuance in time; duration: a friendship of long standing.

Law The right or capacity to initiate a suit.

The act of one that stands.

A place where a person or thing stands.

Sports A listing of individual competitors or of teams in a league according to their record of performance.

Remaining upright; erect.

Not cut down: standing timber.

Performed or done from a standing position: a standing jump; a standing ovation.

Permanent and unchanging; fixed.

Remaining in force or use indefinitely: a standing invitation.

Not movable; stationary.

Not flowing or circulating; stagnant.