- stand for
- застъпвам се за;* * *stand for 1) застъпвам се за, поддържам, подкрепям; 2) знача, означавам, символизирам; 3) кандидат съм, кандидатирам се (за служба, депутатско място); 4) ам. sl търпя, понасям;
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stand for — 1560s, represent, be in place of, from STAND (Cf. stand) (v.). Meaning endure, undergo is recorded from c.1600. Sense of tolerate first recorded 1620s … Etymology dictionary
stand for — index connote, denote, exemplify, indicate, replace, represent (portray), signify (denote) … Law dictionary
stand for — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you say that a letter stands for a particular word, you mean that it is an abbreviation for that word. [V P n] AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome... [V P n] What does EEC stand for? 2) PHRASAL VERB The ideas or … English dictionary
stand for — {v.} 1. To be a sign of; make you think of; mean. * /The letters U.S.A. stand for United States of America. / * /The written sign = in an arithmetic problem stands for equals. / * /Our flag stands for our country./ * /The owl stands for wisdom./… … Dictionary of American idioms
stand for — {v.} 1. To be a sign of; make you think of; mean. * /The letters U.S.A. stand for United States of America. / * /The written sign = in an arithmetic problem stands for equals. / * /Our flag stands for our country./ * /The owl stands for wisdom./… … Dictionary of American idioms
stand\ for — v 1. To be a sign of; make you think of; mean. The letters U.S.A. stand for United States of America. The written sign = in an arithmetic problem stands for equals. Our flag stands for our country. The owl stands for wisdom. 2. To speak in favor… … Словарь американских идиом
stand for — 1) BC stands for British Columbia Syn: mean, be an abbreviation of, represent, signify, denote, indicate, symbolize 2) informal I won t stand for any nonsense Syn: put up with, endure, tolerate, accept … Thesaurus of popular words
stand for — I. believe in and represent, be the symbol for Vicki stands for social justice. She supports public health care. II. permit, tolerate, put up with, stand it My parents won t allow us to smoke. They won t stand for it … English idioms
stand for — 1) be a sign of, make one think of I didn t know what the letters stood for so I was not able to write the correct name of the company. 2) speak in favor of something or show that one supports it All of the candidates stand for a platform of law… … Idioms and examples
stand for — phr verb Stand for is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑abbreviation, ↑initial Stand for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑election, ↑nomination, ↑nonsense, ↑office, ↑parliament, ↑presidency … Collocations dictionary
stand for — verb a) To mean; to symbolize; to represent The abbreviation CIA stands for Central Intelligence Agency . b) To advocate, to … Wiktionary
