Stand Stænd Make People Tough Structure Oxford Noun

• to take a firm stand on something
• he was criticized for his tough stand on immigration.
• we must make a stand against further job losses.
• the rebels’ desperate last stand

stand

1. an attitude towards something or an opinion that you make clear to people
• to take a firm stand on something
• He was criticized for his tough stand on immigration.
2. a strong effort to defend yourself or your opinion about something
• We must make a stand against further job losses.
• the rebels’ desperate last stand
3. a table or a vertical structure that goods are sold from, especially in the street or at a market
• synonym stall
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/stall_1
• a hamburger/newspaper stand
4. a table or a vertical structure where things are displayed or advertised, for example at an exhibition
• a display/an exhibition/a trade stand
• Oxford University Press’s stand at the book fair
5. a piece of equipment or furniture that you use for holding a particular type of thing
• see also hatstand
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hatstand
• a bicycle/microphone/cake, etc. stand
6. a large sloping structure at a stadium with rows where people sit or stand to watch the game
• see also grandstand
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/grandstand_1
• We had seats in the east stand.
• = witness box
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/witness-box
• He took the stand as the first witness.
7. the period of time in which two people who are batting (= hitting the ball) play together and score points
• Clinch and Harris shared an opening stand of 69.
8. a raised platform for a band, an orchestra, a speaker, etc.
• see also bandstand
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bandstand
9. a place where taxis, buses, etc. park while they are waiting for passengers
• compare taxi rank
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/taxi-rank
10. a group of plants or trees of one kind
• a stand of pines
11. a piece of land that you can buy and use for building a house, etc. on
• A developer bought the land and divided it into stands.
12. to refuse to move back; to refuse to change your opinions

Extra Examples

• I’ll be on the stand for two hours.
• Our company has a display stand at this year’s fair.
• The magazine will hit the stands in April.
• There was some flute music open on the music stand.
• We can get a magazine at the newspaper stand.
• We took it in turns to man the exhibition stand.
• You’ll find brochures of our new products on the stand.
• to make a stand against industries that contribute to river pollution
• A crowd lined up outside her newspaper stand.
• He never made any real stand on the question of regional independence.
• I admire her stand against intolerance.
• People crowded round Oxford University Press’s stand at the book fair.
• We need to take a tough stand on tax avoidance.

Word Origin

• Old English standan (verb), stand (noun), of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin stare and Greek histanai, also by the noun stead.