stood

verb

Definition of stoodnext
past tense of stand
1
as in sat
to occupy a place or location the monument stands in the middle of the town plaza

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2
as in endured
to put up with (something painful or difficult) I don't know how you can stand that job

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3
as in paid
to give what is owed for I'll stand lunch, and you can pay me back later

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4
as in was
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes if the city's baseball team wins today, they will stand first in the league

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stood
  1. sat
  2. endured
  3. paid
  4. tolerated
  5. accepted
  6. settled
  7. placed
  8. sustained
Verb
  • Customers sat at tables for long stretches of time, eating course after course of unlimited shrimp.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Well, actually … On Thursday, Johnson sat two seats over from his new coach for a television interview about their team.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of sat
Verb
  • Blair House endured its last major revamp in the 1980s, when Mario Buatta and Mark Hampton paired up to refresh the house.
    Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
  • On August 26, Ukraine endured the largest and most devastating aerial attack to date.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of endured
Verb
  • That pension is equal to the first responder's average monthly salary and is paid as long as the spouse is alive, according to Christian Palmer, a spokesperson for the system.
    Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • By comparison, a pittance is seemingly paid to how Waymo is a literal vehicle for empowerment because, stripped to the core, to ignore what disabled people think shows mostly nobody cares about how the disability community lives their lives and, by extension, uses technology.
    Steven Aquino, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of paid
Verb
  • The solution doesn’t lie in asking autistic individuals to fit into a neurotypical mold, but in creating spaces where diversity is not just tolerated, but genuinely embraced.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Unlike the latter, though, kojic acid is well-tolerated by most skin types and can be used on all skin tones.
    Devon Abelman, Allure, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of tolerated
Verb
  • Comments on that plan are being accepted through Friday.
    Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Owens is alleged to have accepted $125,000 in cash from one of the agents on the yacht, according to the indictment.
    Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of accepted
Verb
  • Seafarer has been involved in legal proceedings, including a lawsuit filed against John Grimm, which was settled in February 2024.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Gain from discontinued operations was $3,816,000, due to the reversal of amounts previously expensed in discontinued operations in 2021 and settled for a lower amount during the quarter.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of settled
Verb
  • But in actuality, each character is bumping up against the limits placed on them by potent forces beyond their reach.
    Zachary Siegel, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Pictures of President Calvin Coolidge and first lady Grace Coolidge show them being sworn in as meeting the criteria for Massachusetts absentee voting in 1924 and sitting at a small wooden table picturesquely placed on the White House South Lawn.
    Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of placed
Verb
  • The iconic Pretty Place Chapel, which was first built in 1941, also sustained significant damage.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Outside of the Sunshine State, the picture is even more dire, with just 1% of homeowners who sustained flooding from Helene holding flood insurance, the institute said.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of sustained
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