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Standing Hear the Pronunciation!
of Stand
p. pr. & vb. n.
Standing Hear the Pronunciation!
Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn.
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Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water.
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Standing Hear the Pronunciation!
Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color.
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Established by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing committees.
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Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed [distinguished from a trundle-bed].
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Standing Hear the Pronunciation!
The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand.
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Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing.
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Place to stand in; station; stand.
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Standing Hear the Pronunciation!
Condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing.
n.
Misunderstanding of Misunderstand p. pr. & vb. n.
Misunderstanding Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception. n.
Misunderstanding Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel. n.
Notwithstanding Hear the Pronunciation!
Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of.
prep.
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Nevertheless; however; although; as, I shall go, notwithstanding it rains.
adv. / conj.
Outstanding Hear the Pronunciation!
That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as, outstanding obligations.
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Understanding Hear the Pronunciation!
of Understand
p. pr. & vb. n.
Understanding Hear the Pronunciation!
Knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding man.
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The act of one who understands a thing, in any sense of the verb; knowledge; discernment; comprehension; interpretation; explanation.
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An agreement of opinion or feeling; adjustment of differences; harmony; anything mutually understood or agreed upon; as, to come to an understanding with another.
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Understanding Hear the Pronunciation!
The power to understand; the intellectual faculty; the intelligence; the rational powers collectively conceived an designated; the higher capacities of the intellect; the power to distinguish truth from falsehood, and to adapt means to ends.
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Specifically, the discursive faculty; the faculty of knowing by the medium or use of general conceptions or relations. In this sense it is contrasted with, and distinguished from, the reason.
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Understandingly In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly. adv.
Water-standing Tear-filled. a.
Withstanding of Withstand p. pr. & vb. n.
gainstanding of Gainstand p. pr. & vb. n.
Inunderstanding Void of understanding. a.