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stand for

English

  1. 🔊 tolerate or bear
    “I won't stand for this kind of behavior!”
  2. 🔊 take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
    “Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an `h' in Greek stands for an `s' in Latin”
  3. 🔊 express indirectly by an image, form, or model
    “What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?”
  4. 🔊 denote or connote
    “`maison' means `house' in French”

Similar words

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