"stand in" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stand ins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stand in (plural stand ins)
  1. A substitute; a replacement. Related terms: an understudy [theater, entertainment, lifestyle] Translations (a substitute): anstataŭulo (Esperanto), Double [neuter] (German), Ersatz [masculine] (German), Lichtdouble [neuter] [film, television, broadcasting, media] (German), Springer (english: jobs) [masculine] (German), Springerin (english: jobs) [feminine] (German), dublör (Turkish), vekil (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-stand_in-en-noun-ocO1BPRN

Verb

Forms: stands in [present, singular, third-person], standing in [participle, present], stood in [participle, past], stood in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|stand<,,stood> in}} stand in (third-person singular simple present stands in, present participle standing in, simple past and past participle stood in)
  1. To substitute for; to replace; (theater) to serve as an understudy. Categories (topical): Theater, People Translations (to substitute for): Ersatzmann sein [masculine, person] (German), Ersatzfrau sein [feminine, person] (German), für jemanden die Vertretung haben (German), den Platz übernehmen [film, television, broadcasting, media] (German), substituir (Portuguese), suplantar (Spanish), vikariera (Swedish), vicka (Swedish), yerine çalışmak (Turkish), yerini almak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-stand_in-en-verb-QB8lVp09 Disambiguation of People: 0 68 32 0 Disambiguation of 'to substitute for': 96 3 1
  2. To make one of a party in a bet or other speculation.
    Sense id: en-stand_in-en-verb-m9Hi-c~m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (in), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 18 35 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 12 57 16 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (in): 13 13 49 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 12 56 18
  3. To take a side in a dispute.
    Sense id: en-stand_in-en-verb-CfkLmlCH

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for stand in meaning in English (4.6kB)

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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to substitute for",
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      "word": "Ersatzmann sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to substitute for",
      "tags": [
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        "person"
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      "word": "Ersatzfrau sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to substitute for",
      "word": "für jemanden die Vertretung haben"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to substitute for",
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        "television",
        "broadcasting",
        "media"
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      "sense": "to substitute for",
      "word": "vikariera"
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      "sense": "to substitute for",
      "word": "vicka"
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      "sense": "to substitute for",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "to substitute for",
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