Definition of: standing

(stan′ding) adjective
1. Remaining erect; not prostrated or cut down, as grain.
2. Continuing for regular or permanent use; remaining the same indefinitely; not special or temporary: a standing rule, a standing army.
3. Stagnant; not flowing: standing water.
4. Begun while standing: distinguished from running: a standing high jump.
5. Established; permanent: the standing church.
—noun
1. Place; relative position, as in social, commercial, or moral relations; repute; grade; especially, high grade or rank; good reputation: a man of standing.
2. A place to stand in; station.
3. Time in which something stands or goes on; continuance; duration: a feud of long standing.
4. The act of one who stands; erectness; stance.
—adverb At or to a sudden stop or standstill, especially in the phrase to bring up standing.