transcription, транскрипция: [ stændɪŋ ]
( standings)
1.
Someone’s standing is their reputation or status.
...an artist of international standing...
He has improved his country’s standing abroad...
N-UNCOUNT : with supp , oft adj N , with poss
2.
A party’s or person’s standing is their popularity.
But, as the opinion poll shows, the party’s standing with the people at large has never been so low...
N-COUNT : usu sing , with poss
3.
You use standing to describe something which is permanently in existence.
Israel has a relatively small standing army and its strength is based on its reserves...
Elizabeth had a standing invitation to stay with her.
= permanent
ADJ : ADJ n
4.
see also free-standing , long-standing
5.
You can use the expression of many years’ standing to say that something has had a particular function or someone has had a particular role for many years. For example, if a place is your home of ten years’ standing , it has been your home for ten years. ( WRITTEN )
...a Congressman of 24 years’ standing...
My girlfriend of long standing left me.
PHRASE : n PHR