Status with respect to rank, reputation, or position in society or a profession, Relative position; degree; rank; consideration; social, professional, or commercial reputation; specifically, high rank_ as, a member in full standing (of a church, society, club, or other organization); a committee composed of men of good standing, Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance, adjective_ Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting, Erect, not cut down, Erect, not cut down, verb_ Present participle of stand.; in the process of coming to an upright position