Definition of stand for Stand for
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What does stand for mean?
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| stand for - tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!" | ||
| hold still for | ||
| brook, abide, stomach, stick out, tolerate, endure, digest, put up, suffer, support, stand, bear bear to eat; "He cannot stomach raw fish" | ||
| stand for - express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" | ||
| typify, symbolize, symbolise, represent | ||
| intend, mean have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night" | ||
| embody, personify, be represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" | ||
| epitomise, epitomize, typify express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" | ||
| stand for - denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means" | ||
| mean, intend, signify | ||
| denote, refer have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' " | ||
| signify convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?" | ||
| stand for - take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin" | ||
| represent, correspond | ||
| equal, be make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors" | ||
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