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standin — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • copy noun A duplicate of something original.
  • entertain verb To hold someone's attention pleasantly; to amuse.
  • gather verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
  • get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
  • greet verb To welcome someone in a friendly way, in person or otherwise.
  • host noun A person who welcomes and entertains guests, or who runs an event.
  • receive verb To be given, sent, or handed something.
  • wreak verb To cause or inflict something damaging or violent, such as havoc, damage, or revenge.

Senses

standin is used for these senses in English:

  • copy (radio) To receive a transmission successfully.
  • entertain (transitive, and, intransitive) to have someone over at one's home for a party or visit
  • gather (architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.
  • get (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
  • host To perform the role of a host.
  • stand in To substitute for; to replace; (theater) to serve as an understudy.
  • take away To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
  • transceive (of a communications device) To both transmit and receive

copy — full definition

  1. noun A duplicate of something original.
  2. noun Written text intended for publication or advertising.
  3. verb To make a duplicate of something, or to imitate it.

entertain — full definition

  1. verb To hold someone's attention pleasantly; to amuse.
  2. verb To host guests, often with food and hospitality.
  3. verb To consider an idea seriously, especially one that seems unlikely.

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