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say it: STAN-ding
standing is an adjective and noun meaning "having a supporting base". It carries 9 recorded senses.
executed in or initiated from a standing position
“race from a standing start”
“a standing jump”
“a standing ovation”
(of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs
“standing room only”
social or financial or professional status or reputation
“of equal standing”
“a member in good standing”
an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event
the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for standing come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.