"stand up for" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: stands up for [present, singular, third-person], standing up for [participle, present], stood up for [participle, past], stood up for [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|stand<,,stood> up for|head=stand up for}} stand up for (third-person singular simple present stands up for, present participle standing up for, simple past and past participle stood up for)
  1. (transitive) To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like). Tags: transitive Synonyms: stick up for Related terms: stand up, stand up to Translations (to speak or act in support or defense of): 擁護 (Chinese Mandarin), 拥护 (yōnghù) (Chinese Mandarin), 挺身而出 (tǐngshēn'érchū) (Chinese Mandarin), 捍衛 (Chinese Mandarin), 捍卫 (hànwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 堅持 (Chinese Mandarin), 坚持 (jiānchí) (Chinese Mandarin), opkomen voor (Dutch), puolustaa (Finnish), eintreten für (German), sich einsetzen für (German), kiáll (Hungarian), stawać w obronie [imperfective] (Polish), stanął w obronie [perfective] (Polish), romper una lanza por (Spanish), stå upp för (Swedish), відсто́ювати (vidstójuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відстоя́ти (vidstojáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), посто́яти (postójaty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "She stood up for me when no one else would, and I've never forgotten it."
        },
        {
          "text": "Those who don't stand up for their rights are apt to lose them."
        },
        {
          "text": "Though I disagreed with him, I respected him for standing up for what he believed in."
        },
        {
          "text": "2000 December 3, J. Stewart Burns, Futurama, episode 32: “The Cryonic Woman”,\nMichelle: Quit standing up for yourself, Fry. When we get back to the hole we are going to have a long, boring talk about our relationship!"
        }
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          "speak",
          "speak"
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          "act",
          "act"
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          "support",
          "support"
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          "defense",
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        "(transitive) To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like)."
      ],
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          "word": "stand up to"
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        {
          "word": "stick up for"
        }
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "word": "擁護"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yōnghù",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "word": "拥护"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tǐngshēn'érchū",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "word": "挺身而出"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "word": "捍衛"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hànwèi",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "word": "捍卫"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "word": "堅持"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiānchí",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "word": "坚持"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "word": "opkomen voor"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "word": "puolustaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "word": "eintreten für"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "word": "sich einsetzen für"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "word": "kiáll"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "stawać w obronie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "stanął w obronie"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "word": "romper una lanza por"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "word": "stå upp för"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidstójuvaty",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "відсто́ювати"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidstojáty",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "відстоя́ти"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "postójaty",
          "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "посто́яти"
        }
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  "word": "stand up for"
}
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        {
          "text": "She stood up for me when no one else would, and I've never forgotten it."
        },
        {
          "text": "Those who don't stand up for their rights are apt to lose them."
        },
        {
          "text": "Though I disagreed with him, I respected him for standing up for what he believed in."
        },
        {
          "text": "2000 December 3, J. Stewart Burns, Futurama, episode 32: “The Cryonic Woman”,\nMichelle: Quit standing up for yourself, Fry. When we get back to the hole we are going to have a long, boring talk about our relationship!"
        }
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    {
      "word": "stick up for"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "word": "擁護"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yōnghù",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "word": "拥护"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tǐngshēn'érchū",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "word": "挺身而出"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "word": "捍衛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hànwèi",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "word": "捍卫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "word": "堅持"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiānchí",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "word": "坚持"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "word": "opkomen voor"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "word": "puolustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "word": "eintreten für"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "word": "sich einsetzen für"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "word": "kiáll"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "stawać w obronie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "stanął w obronie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "word": "romper una lanza por"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "word": "stå upp för"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidstójuvaty",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "відсто́ювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidstojáty",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відстоя́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "postójaty",
      "sense": "to speak or act in support or defense of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "посто́яти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stand up for"
}

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