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the rehearsal, I'll stand in for you. 9 stand out. a be
prominent or conspicuous or noticeable, be notable or
noteworthy: With her green spike hairdo and a safety pin
through her cheek, Kylie really stands out in a crowd. His
farewell speech stands out in my mind as one of his best. b
protrude, project, stick out, jut out, bulge, obtrude, beetle,
overhang, extend: The balcony stands out over the village
square. 10 stand up. a stand, rise, arise, get to one's feet,
get up: The boys had been taught to stand up when a woman
entered the room. b endure, last, wear (well), survive: Today's
products, with their built-in obsolescence, don't stand up to
long use. c jilt, break or fail to keep an appointment with:
After waiting for two hours, he realized that he had been stood
up. 11 stand up for. support, defend, take the side of, side
with, champion, uphold, Colloq stick up for: I shall never
forget how you stood up for me when they accused me of cheating.
12 stand up to. a confront, brave, challenge, encounter,
dispute, question, resist, defy, withstand: He's a coward when
it comes to standing up to authority. b resist, defy,
withstand, endure, outlast, last through, suffer: This material
will stand up to years of abuse.
--n. 13 position, attitude, stance, posture, policy,
philosophy, point of view, viewpoint, standpoint, belief,
opinion, sentiment, feeling, line: I disagree completely with
the Chancellor's stand on the economy. 14 defence, resistance,
effort: This campaign will be our last stand in trying to
retrieve some of the market we lost. 15 stop, stopover, halt,
stay; performance, show: We do some one-night stands in the
country before returning to Manchester. 16 counter, booth,
stall, table; wagon or Brit waggon, barrow, cart: He sells
fruit from a stand in the street. 17 rack, frame, bracket;
hatstand, coat-rack: This stand is for displaying a china
plate. I left my hat on the stand in your office. 18 staging,
platform, dais, stage, staging, bandstand, summer-house: We
like to go to the stand in the park to hear the band play. 19
copse, grove, wood, thicket, brake, wood, Brit spinney, coppice:
Near the house was a small stand of beeches.
standard n. 1 criterion, measure, benchmark, model, pattern, archetype,
touchstone, yardstick, gauge, guide, guideline, paradigm,
paragon, exemplar, example, sample, type, ideal, beau id‚al,
rule, canon, law, requirement, precept, principle: The metric