Standing
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Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn.
Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water.
Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color.
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.
Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed).
The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand.
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.
Place to stand in; station; stand.
Condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing.
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Standing Quotations
None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important.
Thomas Jefferson
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
Thomas Jefferson
Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.
John F. Kennedy
There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
Steven Wright
Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up.
Ernest Hemingway
There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.
Audrey Hepburn
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Margaret Thatcher
The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another.
George Carlin
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
Edward Everett
Standing Translations
standing in German is stehend, Stand
standing in Italian is in piedi
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