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attitude
noun. stance
  • aspect
  • bearing
  • carriage
  • manner
  • mien
  • pose
  • position
  • posture
  • stand

base
noun. foundation
  • basement
  • basis
  • bed
  • bedrock
  • bottom
  • foot
  • footing
  • ground
  • groundwork
  • infrastructure
  • pedestal
  • rest
  • root
  • seat
  • seating
  • stand
  • substratum
  • substructure
  • support
  • underpinning

be
verb. exist
  • abide
  • act
  • be alive
  • breathe
  • continue
  • do
  • endure
  • go on
  • have being
  • have place
  • hold
  • inhabit
  • last
  • live
  • move
  • obtain
  • persist
  • prevail
  • remain
  • rest
  • stand
  • stay
  • subsist
  • survive

bearing
noun. person's conduct, posture
  • address
  • air
  • aspect
  • attitude
  • behavior
  • carriage
  • comportment
  • demeanor
  • deportment
  • display
  • front
  • look
  • manner
  • mien
  • poise
  • port
  • pose
  • presence
  • set
  • stand

booth
noun. small enclosure or building
  • berth
  • box
  • carrel
  • compartment
  • coop
  • corner
  • cote
  • counter
  • cubbyhole
  • cubicle
  • dispensary
  • hut
  • hutch
  • nook
  • pen
  • pew
  • repository
  • shed
  • stall
  • stand

brook
verb. endure, accept
  • abide
  • allow
  • be big
  • bear
  • countenance
  • go
  • hang in
  • hang in there
  • hear of
  • live with
  • put up with
  • sit tight
  • stand
  • stomach
  • suffer
  • support
  • swallow
  • take
  • tolerate
  • withstand

contend
verb. compete, fight
  • argue
  • battle
  • clash
  • confront
  • contest
  • controvert
  • cope
  • dispute
  • emulate
  • encounter
  • face
  • give all one's got
  • give one's all
  • go after
  • go for
  • go for broke
  • go for it
  • go for jugular
  • grapple
  • have at
  • jockey for position
  • jostle
  • knock oneself out
  • litigate
  • lock horns
  • make play for
  • meet
  • mix it up with
  • oppose
  • oppugn
  • push
  • push for
  • resist
  • rival
  • scramble for
  • shoot at
  • shoot for
  • skirmish
  • stand
  • strive
  • struggle
  • tangle with
  • tug
  • vie
  • withstand

contention
noun. argument for idea
  • advancement
  • affirmation
  • allegation
  • assertion
  • asseveration
  • avowal
  • belief
  • charge
  • claim
  • contestation
  • declaration
  • demurrer
  • deposition
  • discussion
  • explanation
  • ground
  • hurrah
  • hypothesis
  • idea
  • maintaining
  • opinion
  • plea
  • position
  • predication
  • profession
  • rumpus
  • stand
  • thesis
  • view

continue
verb. persist, carry on
  • abide
  • advance
  • carry forward
  • draw out
  • endure
  • extend
  • forge ahead
  • get on with it
  • go on
  • hang in
  • keep at
  • keep on
  • keep on truckin'
  • keep the ball rolling
  • keep up
  • last
  • lengthen
  • linger
  • live on
  • loiter
  • maintain
  • make headway
  • move ahead
  • never cease
  • outlast
  • outlive
  • perdure
  • persevere
  • persist in
  • press on
  • progress
  • project
  • prolong
  • promote
  • pursue
  • push on
  • reach
  • remain
  • rest
  • ride
  • run on
  • stand
  • stay
  • stay on
  • stick at
  • stick to
  • survive
  • sustain
  • uphold
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Word Origin & History

stand O.E. standan (class VI strong verb; past tense stod, pp. standen), from P.Gmc. *sta-n-d- (cf. O.N. standa, O.S., Goth. standan, O.H.G. stantan, Swed. stå, Du. staan, Ger. stehen), from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (cf. Skt. tisthati "stands," Gk. histemi "cause to stand, set, place," L. stare "stand," Lith. stojus, O.C.S. stajati; see stet). Sense of "to exist, be present" is attested from c.1300. Meaning "to pay for as a treat" is from 1821. Phrase stands to reason (1620) is from earlier stands (is constant) with reason. Phrase stand pat is originally from poker (1882); stand down in ...the military sense of "go off duty" is first recorded 1916. Standing ovation attested by 1968; standing army is from 1603.

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Example Sentences for stand

Yet it is a satisfaction to do what I can to let you know the position in which I stand.

Mrs. Wybert, you was in Montana long enough to know how I stand there?

Never mind me, mother; I'm young and strong, I can stand work—but it's hard on you.

But as Philip obeyed her words, he saw her move suddenly and stand by Emilia's side.

Let us realize the importance of the attitude in which we stand before the world.

Upon this as a platform of purpose and of action we can stand together.

One cannot stand in this presence and be unmindful of the tremendous responsibility.

Not to stand in his way if he gets a chance of going abroad.

S'pose you stand up there in the door with your back to the clearin'.

But the good of my country must stand on a higher ground than distinctions like these.

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