stood
Americanverb
verb
Usage
What is a basic definition of stood? Stood is the past tense and past participle of the verb stand. Stood can mean to be positioned upright (in the past), to not move or budge (in the past), or to believe in something (in the past). Stood, like stand, has many other senses as a verb. As the past tense of stand, stood is used in many of the same idioms. If someone stood somewhere, it means they were in an upright position at that location and not sitting or lying down. If an object stood somewhere, it was located there and hadn’t yet collapsed, fell down, or been moved somewhere else.
- Real-life examples: The Colossus of Rhodes stood at a Greek harbor before collapsing during an earthquake. Archaeologists may find evidence of a building that once stood somewhere in the past but has since been destroyed.
- Used in a sentence: I stood by the door and waited for the mailman.
- Used in a sentence: Larry slowly stood up out of his chair to greet his son.
- Used in a sentence: I swear that the King Kong statue stood over 100 feet tall!
- Used in a sentence: I stood firm against the volley of snowballs.
- Used in a sentence: I try to live up to my mother’s legacy and follow the values she stood for.
Example Sentences
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Liquidity on its balance sheet stood at $2.1 billion, made up of cash, short-term financial assets and undrawn capacity on its revolving credit facility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Its installed power capacity -- which stood at 123 GW in 2025 -- will increase to 281 GW, with the renewables share rising from 63 percent to 77 percent.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
The inquest heard that George, from Durham, was stood by the open rear door of the Warrior on 21 June 2022 when the exercise commander gave the order to reverse the armoured vehicle.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
We were playing in Texas, and every night people just stood up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Their initials were still carved into the edge of the table and stood out in the neon-pink light of the sunset.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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