Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with stand in American Collocation
stand
verb
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/stænd/
straight
proud
straight
tall
upright
The cells are not even tall enough to allow the prisoners to stand upright.
still
immobile
motionless
Over to the left, a huge herd of elephants stood almost motionless.
silent
mute
silent
speechless
The crowd stood silent waiting for him to speak.
amazed or shocked
aghast
amazed
dumbfounded
helpless
open-mouthed
The men stood aghast, looking at each other.
This is no consolation to those who stood helpless on their doorsteps as water streamed into their homes.
without help
unaided
unsupported
Her legs had weakened to the point where she could no longer stand unaided.