Stand upとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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stand up (third-person singular simple present stands up, present participle standing up, simple past and past participle stood up)

1. (intransitive) To rise from a lying or sitting position.

   Stand up, then sit down again.

   • 1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, →OCLC:

     He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. […] But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again […] she found her mother standing up before the seat on which she had sat all the evening searching anxiously for her with her eyes, and her father by her side.

2. (transitive) To bring something up and set it into a standing position; to set something up.

   Laura stood the sofa up on end.

3. (transitive, idiomatic) (stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.

   John stood Laura up at the movie theater.

   • 2008 Oct. 20, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content 1255: Consummate:

     — What?! Why did you come HERE then? You should be at a hospital!

     — A gentleman never stands a lady up.

4. (intransitive, of a thing) To last or endure over a period of time.
   • 1969 May 23, “Planetary Exploration: Doubleheader on Venus”, in Time:

     Both Venus 5 and Venus 6 had apparently stood up well under the rigors of their 217-million-mile trips.

5. (intransitive, of a person or narrative) To continue to be believable, consistent, or plausible.
   • 1974 December 23, “Watergate: Getting Out What Truth?”, in Time:

     Ehrlichman's story did not stand up under Neal's grilling.

   • 2013, Dennis Ford, Things Don't Add Up: A Novel of Kennedy Assassination Research:

     This kind of evidence wouldn't stand up in court.

6. (intransitive, cricket, of a wicket-keeper) To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.
7. (transitive) To launch, propel upwards
   • 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2-1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport:

     It was a dreadful goal to concede as Ariel Ibagaza was able to take a short corner and then receive the return ball in space on the left. He stood up a floated cross into the middle where Fuster arrived unmarked to steer a header into the corner.

8. (US, military, transitive) To formally activate and commission (a unit, formation, etc.).
9. To make one's voice heard, to speak up.
   • 2008, Lindy Scott, Christians, the Care of Creation, and Global Climate Change, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 4:

     But my biblical and theological commitments tell me we need to stand up and be counted for the issues of neighbor care and creation care. We need to speak up.

   • 2015, Jeremy Gutsche, Better and Faster: The Proven Path to Unstoppable Ideas, Crown, →ISBN, page 15:

     We're a lion sitting under the tree, watching the hyenas as they stalk our territory. They're coming right up to us. They scratch. They push. They're eating our food! At a certain point, we need to remember that we're a f***ing lion. We need to stand up, and we need to f**ing roar!

   • 2015, Christopher Bollen, Orient, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 160:

     Don't we as citizens deserve the truth? We need to stand up and demand answers.

   • 2017, BusinessNews Publishing, Summary: Time to Get Tough: Review and Analysis of Donald Trump's Book, Primento, →ISBN, page 8:

     We need to stand up and stop this happening right here right now. China needs to know the United States will not tolerate the wholesale thievery of U.S. technology and trade secrets.

10. (intransitive, formal) To serve in a role during a wedding ceremony.

    Will you stand up for me (as my best man) at the wedding?

    The bridesmaids will stand up over there during the ceremony.

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関連する語

• stand
• stand down

派生した語

• Tok Pisin: sanap

参考

• sit down
• sit up
• lie down
• get up

アナグラム

• dustpan, upstand

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stand-up (comparative more stand-up, superlative most stand-up)

1. Honest; honorable.

   He's a stand-up guy, and a hard worker.

2. Upright; while standing.

   stand-up comedy

3. Performed while standing although normally done while sitting.

   Every morning we have a stand-up meeting.

4. (baseball, of a hit) That allows the batter to advance to a given base (usually second or third) without having to slide.

   stand-up double; stand-up triple

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stand-up (countable and uncountable, plural stand-ups)

1. (uncountable) A performance of stand-up comedy; jokes delivered standing on a stage

   Sometimes the club has music, sometimes stand-up.

2. (countable) A comedian who performs on stage.
3. (countable) A news broadcast delivered by an announcer who is filmed standing near the scene of the event.
   • 2012, R. M. Reed, M. K. Reed, The Encyclopedia of Television, Cable, and Video, page 508:

     Reporters covet standups rather than the voiceover narration of news footage because it puts their faces on the air.

4. (countable) A short meeting throughout which participants remain standing (to encourage brevity).

   How come you weren't at the stand-up this morning?

   • 2022 November 4, Kate Conger, Ryan Mac, Mike Isaac, “Confusion and Frustration Reign as Elon Musk Cuts Half of Twitter’s Staff”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Esther Crawford, a project manager, asked people to join a “standup” meeting at 9:30 p.m. in San Francisco on Thursday as some layoff notices went out.

5. (countable) A free-standing photographic print or promotional item; a standee.

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参考

• stand
• stand up

アナグラム

• dustpan, upstand

アナグラム

• dustpan, upstand