<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>rank or status, especially with respect to social, economic, or personal position, reputation, etc.: He had little standing in the community.</li><li>good position, reputation, or credit: He is a merchant of standing in the community.</li><li>length of existence, continuance, residence, membership, experience, etc.: a friend of long standing.</li><li>standings, Sports: a list of teams or contestants arranged according to their past records: According to the standings, the White Sox are leading the division by three games.</li><li>the act of a person or thing that stands.</li><li>a place where a person or thing stands.</li><li>Law: the right to initiate or participate in a legal action: having standing as a friend of the court.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>having an erect or upright position: a standing lamp.</li><li>performed in or from an erect position: a standing jump.</li><li>still; not flowing or stagnant, as water; stationary.</li><li>continuing without cessation or change; lasting or permanent.</li><li>continuing in operation, force, use, etc.: a standing rule.</li><li>customary or habitual; generally understood: We have a standing bridge game every Friday night.</li><li>Printing: kept for use in subsequent printings: standing type.</li><li>out of use; idle: a standing engine.</li><li>Nautical: noting any of various objects or assemblages of objects fixed in place or position, unless moved for adjustment or repairs: standing bowsprit.</li><li>Knots: noting the part of a rope that is in use and terminates in a knot or the like.</li></ul>