UPSTANDING


Meaning of UPSTANDING in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

an upstanding/upright citizen (= honest and responsible )

The rest of his family are honest upright citizens.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

an upstanding citizen

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A strong breeze caught the upstanding feathered plumes of her hat and blew it off.

At the kitchen door, the cat, neck-fur upstanding like the spines of a hedgehog, wailed to be let out.

She was a fine upstanding middle-aged lady with sharp eyes and a lucid tongue.

So Gilly was an elder of the church, an upstanding member of the community.

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