I.
noun
1 reputation
ADJECTIVE
▪ good , high
▪ low
▪ equal
▪ current
▪ public
▪ international , national
▪ academic , economic , financial , legal , moral , political , professional , social
VERB + STANDING
▪ have
▪
Professor Greenan has a high ~ in the academic world.
▪ enhance , improve
▪ damage , diminish
STANDING + VERB
▪ decline , fall
▪ rise
PREPOSITION
▪ of … ~
▪
She married into a family of higher social ~.
▪ ~ among
▪
her low ~ among her fellow scientists
▪ ~ as
▪
His ~ as a movie director has risen in recent years.
▪ ~ in , ~ within
▪
his international ~ in cancer research
▪ ~ with
▪
She was appointed for her high ~ with the general public.
PHRASES
▪ in good ~ with sb
▪
a student in good ~ with the college
▪ a member in good ~ ( AmE )
▪
a member in good ~ of the movement
2 length of time that sth has existed
ADJECTIVE
▪ long
▪ 25 years' , many years' , etc.
▪
Their relationship is of many years' ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ of … ~
II.
adj.
Standing is used with these nouns: ↑ army , ↑ charge , ↑ commission , ↑ committee , ↑ crop , ↑ figure , ↑ invitation , ↑ jump , ↑ lamp , ↑ order , ↑ ovation , ↑ position , ↑ start , ↑ stone , ↑ water