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How to spell stand

Stand is spelled S-T-A-N-D.

What it means: To be in an upright position.

In a sentence: I stand tall like a tree. ▶

Same family: standing, withstand, understand, standable, standpoint. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Stand” comes from Old English “standan,” meaning “to be upright,” and over time it developed the figurative sense of “endure” or “tolerate,” as in “I can’t stand it.” This metaphor of ‘standing up under’ something unpleasant is found in several Germanic languages.

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