3 PHRASAL VERB [with neg] If you will not stand for something, you will not allow it to happen or continue. □ [V P n] It's outrageous, and we won't stand for it any more.
▸ stand in
1 PHRASAL VERB If you stand in for someone, you take their place or do their job, because they are ill or away. □ [V P + for ] I had to stand in for her on Tuesday when she didn't show up. □ [V P ] …the acting president, who's standing in while she's out of the country.
2 → see also stand-in
▸ stand out
1 PHRASAL VERB If something stands out , it is very noticeable. □ [V P ] Every tree, wall and fence stood out against dazzling white fields.
2 PHRASAL VERB If something stands out , it is much better or much more important than other things of the same kind. □ [V P + from ] He played the violin, and he stood out from all the other musicians.
3 PHRASAL VERB If something stands out from a surface, it rises up from it. □ [V P ] His tendons stood out like rope beneath his skin.
▸ stand up
1 → see stand 1 , stand 2
2 PHRASAL VERB If something such as a claim or a piece of evidence stands up , it is accepted as true or satisfactory after being carefully examined. □ [V P ] He made wild accusations that did not stand up. □ [V P + to ] How well does this thesis stand up to close examination?
3 PHRASAL VERB If a boyfriend or girlfriend stands you up , they fail to keep an arrangement to meet you. [INFORMAL ] □ [V n P ] We were to have had dinner together yesterday evening, but he stood me up. [Also V P n (not pron)]
▸ stand up for PHRASAL VERB If you stand up for someone or something, you defend them and make your feelings or opinions very clear. [APPROVAL ] □ [V P P n] They stood up for what they believed to be right.
▸ stand up to
1 PHRASAL VERB If something stands up to bad conditions, it is not damaged or harmed by them. □ [V P P n/v-ing] Is this building going to stand up to the strongest gales?
2 PHRASAL VERB If you stand up to someone, especially someone more powerful than you are, you defend yourself against their attacks or demands. □ [V P P n] He hit me, so I hit him back–the first time in my life I'd stood up to him.
sta nd-alone
1 ADJ [ADJ n] A stand-alone business or organization is independent and does not receive financial support from another organization. [BUSINESS ] □ They plan to relaunch it as a stand-alone company.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] A stand-alone computer is one that can operate on its own and does not have to be part of a network. [COMPUTING ] □ …an operating system that can work on networks and stand-alone machines.
stand|ard ◆◆◇ /stæ ndə r d/ (standards )
1 N‑COUNT A standard is a level of quality or achievement, especially a level that is thought to be acceptable. □ The standard of professional cricket has never been lower. □ There will be new national standards for hospital cleanliness.
2 N‑COUNT A standard is something that you use in order to judge the quality of something else. □ …systems that were by later standards absurdly primitive.
3 N‑PLURAL Standards are moral principles which affect people's attitudes and behaviour. □ My father has always had high moral standards.
4 → see also double standard
5 ADJ [usu ADJ n] You use standard to describe things which are usual and normal. □ It was standard practice for untrained clerks to advise in serious cases such as murder.
6 ADJ [ADJ n] A standard work or text on a particular subject is one that is widely read and often recommended. SYNONYMS standard NOUN
1
leveclass="underline" The exercises are marked according to their level of difficulty.
grade: …a good grade of plywood.
quality: …high-quality paper and plywood.
calibre: I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts.
3
principle: …moral principles.
ideaclass="underline" The party has drifted too far from its socialist ideals.
moraclass="underline" …Western ideas and morals. ADJ 5
usuaclass="underline" She's smiling her usual friendly smile.
normaclass="underline" The two countries resumed normal diplomatic relations.
customary: The king carried himself with his customary elegance.
typicaclass="underline" Cheney is everyone's image of a typical cop.
sta nd|ard bear|er (standard bearers ) also standard-bearer N‑COUNT If you describe someone as the standard bearer of a group, you mean that they act as the leader or public representative of a group of people who have the same aims or interests. □ Farrakhan was a poor standard-bearer for the causes of African-Americans.
stand|ard|ize /stæ ndə r da I z/ (standardizes , standardizing , standardized ) in BRIT, also use standardise VERB To standardize things means to change them so that they all have the same features. □ [V n] There is a drive both to standardise components and to reduce the number of models on offer. ● stand|ardi|za|tion /stæ ndə r da I ze I ʃ ə n, [AM ] -d I z-/ N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] …the standardisation of working hours.
sta nd|ard lamp (standard lamps ) N‑COUNT A standard lamp is a tall electric light which stands on the floor in a living room. [BRIT ] in AM, use floor lamp