"stand the test of time" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "stands the test of time",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "standing the test of time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stood the test of time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stood the test of time",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "stand<,,stood> the test of time"
      },
      "expansion": "stand the test of time (third-person singular simple present stands the test of time, present participle standing the test of time, simple past and past participle stood the test of time)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "en:Time",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Pop music comes and goes, but classical music has stood the test of time.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, page 46",
          "text": "The urban myth of the sun shining through Box Tunnel on Brunel's birthday may have been knocked on the head, but in its portal facing designs he created structures which have stood the test of time well.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remain useful or valued over a long period of time; to last a long time."
      ],
      "id": "en-stand_the_test_of_time-en-verb-~sh1fKwc",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To remain useful or valued over a long period of time; to last a long time."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "test of time"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
          "word": "经得起时间考验"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
          "word": "de tand des tijds doorstaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
          "word": "kestää aikaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
          "word": "die Zeiten überdauern"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
          "word": "kiállja az idő próbáját"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
          "word": "resistere alle ingiurie del tempo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
          "word": "przetrwać próbę czasu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vyderživatʹ ispytanije vremenem",
          "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "выдерживать испытание временем"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vyderžatʹ ispytanije vremenem",
          "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "выдержать испытание временем"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stand the test of time"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stands the test of time",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "standing the test of time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stood the test of time",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stood the test of time",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "stand<,,stood> the test of time"
      },
      "expansion": "stand the test of time (third-person singular simple present stands the test of time, present participle standing the test of time, simple past and past participle stood the test of time)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "test of time"
    }
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        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
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        "English terms with quotations",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Pop music comes and goes, but classical music has stood the test of time.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, page 46",
          "text": "The urban myth of the sun shining through Box Tunnel on Brunel's birthday may have been knocked on the head, but in its portal facing designs he created structures which have stood the test of time well.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remain useful or valued over a long period of time; to last a long time."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To remain useful or valued over a long period of time; to last a long time."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
      "word": "经得起时间考验"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
      "word": "de tand des tijds doorstaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
      "word": "kestää aikaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
      "word": "die Zeiten überdauern"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
      "word": "kiállja az idő próbáját"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
      "word": "resistere alle ingiurie del tempo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
      "word": "przetrwać próbę czasu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyderživatʹ ispytanije vremenem",
      "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выдерживать испытание временем"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyderžatʹ ispytanije vremenem",
      "sense": "remain useful over a long period",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "выдержать испытание временем"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stand the test of time"
}