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stand for (third-person singular simple present stands for, present participle standing for, simple past and past participle stood for)

1. (idiomatic) To mean; to symbolize; to represent; especially of an acronym or abbreviation.

   The abbreviation CIA stands for "Central Intelligence Agency".

   • 2014 September 23, A teacher, “Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents”, in The Guardian:

     Some teachers festoon every spare inch of wall with vocabulary choices or maths techniques to use, which look great at first, but to some children might appear quite daunting. You'll probably see unfamiliar acronyms such as Walt (We Are Learning To). Be sure to ask what they stand for and how they are used in practice.

   • 1693, [John Locke], “§134”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:

     whether these names do not some of them sometimes stand for the same thing

2. To advocate; to support.
   • 1986 February 13, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “A Victory for Democracy”, in Yes, Prime Minister, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):

     Bernard, you should stand for Parliament.

   • 2012, Jeff Bhasker, Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost, Jack Antonoff, “Some Nights”, in Some Nights), performed by fun.:

     Oh Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for, oh-oh
     (Oh-ooh-woah) what do I stand for?
     (Oh-ooh-woah) what do I stand for?
     Most nights, I don't know anymore

3. To tolerate.

   We won't stand for that type of behaviour.

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