Synonym: correspond, hold still for, intend, mean, represent, signify, symbolise, symbolize, typify. Similar words: first and foremost, send for, back and forth, stand, stand out, stand by, stand up, stance. Meaning: v. 1. express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol 2. denote or connote 3. take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to 4. tolerate or bear.
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31. His initials are DPH: they stand for David Perry Hallworth.
32. I won't stand for the friend of yours who highhats.
33. She's been lying about me, and I won't stand for it.
34. Both stand for precisely the same inconsequential things.
35. Let batter stand for 1 hour before using.
36. We stand for fair play.
37. Maggie won't stand for any alcohol in her house.
38. Let stand for 5 minutes to soak up liquid.
39. I will not stand for it.
40. However, she did not stand for re-election in 1979.
41. What do the initials stand for?
42. I have taken a stand for freedom against tyranny.
43. 'What does "NAC" stand for?' 'National Aerobics Championships'.
44. Add walnuts, remove from heat, and let stand for 5 minutes.
45. She decided then and there that she was not going to stand for it.
46. Which raises the question: what exactly does the Democratic Party want to stand for these days?
47. Some one else defines who they are and what they stand for as public figures.
48. That left him with one explanation for the rarity of polygamy in sparrows: The senior wives do not stand for it.
49. Each member receives an Annual Report and the opportunity to propose people to stand for the Executive Committee.
50. On May 8 Martin Shikuku, interim secretary-general of the party,(http://sentencedict.com/stand for.html) declared his intention to stand for the presidency.
51. He sat on the witness stand for four full days.
52. She is so secretive she won't even say what the initials stand for.
53. Of the 20 Cabinet ministers and ministers of state in the outgoing government to stand for election only four were returned.
54. And again: stand for election to the governing body of a Compact school.
55. In a large mixing bowl, combine bread cubes and milk; let stand for 5 minutes.
56. Stir 218 in raisins and harissa, cover, and let stand for 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
57. Defense attorneys have indicated that they will not put Lyle on the witness stand for the retrial.
58. Sound-particularly music-comes to stand for a regional refusal to acquiesce to imperial or metropolitan power.
59. The right to stand for election still remained restricted to Matai.
60. This naturally prompts the question what it is for one purely particular object to stand for another.
More similar words: first and foremost, send for, back and forth, stand, stand out, stand by, stand up, stance, distant, instant, standard, stand up for, distance, substance, constant, instance, stand up to, assistant, music stand, understand, outstanding, instantly, for instance, substantial, resistance, assistance, substantially, in the distance, circumstance, good for.