stand for

stand for
Synonyms and related words:
abide, abide with, advert to, affirm, allege, allude to, announce, annunciate, approach anchorage, argue, assert, assever, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, be construed as, be indicative of, be significant of, be symptomatic of, be taken as, bear, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up for, bear up to, bear with, bespeak, betoken, bide, blink at, brave, breathe, brook, characterize, close with, condone, connive at, connote, contend, countenance, declare, denominate, denote, designate, differentiate, disclose, display, emblematize, endure, entail, enunciate, express, fetch, figure, finger, give evidence, give token, go aboard, go alongside, hang in, hang in there, hang tough, have, hear of, highlight, hint, hold, identify, imply, import, indicate, indulge, insist, involve, issue a manifesto, lay aboard, lay down, lay for, lay in, lie in, lump, lump it, maintain, make, make at, make for, manifest, manifesto, mark, mean, name, note, overlook, persevere, pick out, point at, point out, point to, predicate, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put, put away for, put in, put into port, put it, put up with, reach, refer to, reveal, run for, sail for, say, select, set down, show, signify, speak, speak out, speak up, specify, spell, stand, stand on, state, steer toward, stick, stigmatize, stomach, submit, suffer, suggest, support, sustain, symbol, symbolize, symptomatize, symptomize, take up with, testify, tolerate, typify, wink at

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  • stand for — {v.} 1. To be a sign of; make you think of; mean. * /The letters U.S.A. stand for United States of America. / * /The written sign = in an arithmetic problem stands for equals. / * /Our flag stands for our country./ * /The owl stands for wisdom./… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • stand for — phrasal 1. to be a symbol for ; represent 2. to put up with ; permit …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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