standing | the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position |
care attention aid tending | the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something, no medical care was required, the old car needs constant attention |
standing operating procedure standard operating procedure SOP standard procedure | a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely, rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries |
attention | a courteous act indicating affection, she tried to win his heart with her many attentions |
menhir standing stone | a tall upright megalith, found primarily in England and northern France |
standing press | a large printing press that exerts pressure vertically |
standing room | room for passengers or spectators to stand, there was standing room for thousands more people |
attention | a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together, assumed by military personnel during drill or review, the troops stood at attention |
attention | the faculty or power of mental concentration, keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention |
attention attending | the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others |
attention span | the length of time you can concentrate on some idea or activity |
attentiveness heed regard paying attention | paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people), his attentiveness to her wishes, he spends without heed to the consequences |
center centre center of attention centre of attention | the object upon which interest and attention focuses, his stories made him the center of the party |
attention | a general interest that leads people to want to know more, She was the center of attention |
standing | an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event |
standing order | a rule of order permanently in force |
ovation standing ovation | enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause) |
standing wave stationary wave | a wave (as a sound wave in a chamber or an electromagnetic wave in a transmission line) in which the ratio of its instantaneous amplitude at one point to that at any other point does not vary with time |
rib roast standing rib roast | a cut of meat (beef or venison) including more than one rib and the meat located along the outside of the ribs |
standing committee | a permanent committee |
standing army | a permanent army of paid soldiers |
standing | social or financial or professional status or reputation, of equal standing, a member in good standing |
attention deficit disorder ADD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD hyperkinetic syndrome minimal brain dysfunction minimal brain damage MBD | a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders |
signalize signalise point out call attention | point out carefully and clearly |
attention-getting catchy | likely to attract attention, a catchy title for a movie |
attention-getting eye-catching | seizing the attention, eye-catching posters |
heedful attentive thoughtful paying attention | taking heed, giving close and thoughtful attention, heedful of the warnings, so heedful a writer, heedful of what they were doing |
standing(a) | having a supporting base, a standing lamp |
standing | (of persons) on the feet, having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs, standing room only |
standing(a) | executed in or initiated from a standing position, race from a standing start, a standing jump, a standing ovation |
standing(a) | (of fluids) not moving or flowing, mosquitoes breed in standing water |
standing(a) | not created for a particular occasion, a standing committee |
standing | permanent, a standing army |