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STAND BY SOMEONE definition: 1. to continue to support or help someone who is in a difficult situation: 2. to be waiting and…. Learn more.
something that is always ready for use, especially if a regular one fails: Board games are a good standby to keep the children amused if the weather is bad. There are standby generators but these usually only have to work for a few hours a year during power cuts. on standby.
1. : held near at hand and ready for use. a standby power plant. standby equipment. 2. : relating to the act or condition of standing by. standby duty. a standby period. 3. : of, relating to, or traveling by an airline service in which the passenger must wait for an available unreserved seat. standby passengers. a standby ticket. standby. 3 of 4.
If you stand by an earlier decision, promise, or statement, you continue to support it or keep it. The decision has been made and I have got to stand by it. [ VERB PARTICLE noun ]
Definition of stand by phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
STAND BY definition: 1. to be ready to do something or to help: 2. to do nothing to prevent something unpleasant from…. Learn more.
Definitions of stand by. verb. be available or ready for a certain function or service. synonyms: stick about, stick around. see more. verb. not act or do anything. see more. verb. be loyal to. “She stood by her husband in times of trouble” synonyms: adhere, stick, stick by. see more. Pronunciation. US. /stænd baɪ/ UK. /stænd baɪ/ Cite this entry.
stand by. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English stand by phrasal verb 1 to not do anything to help someone or prevent something from happening → bystander I’m not going to stand by and see her hurt. 2 stand by something to keep a promise, agreement etc, or to say that something is still true I stand by what I said earlier.
Synonyms for STAND BY: keep (to), abide by, hold to, live up to, defend, stick (to or with), adhere (to), cling (to); Antonyms of STAND BY: give up, take back, recall, defect (from), relinquish, abandon, reconsider, withdraw
The one-word standby works as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. It’s correct in the phrase on standby, meaning ready and waiting. By contention, the one-word form doesn’t work as a verb. When you need a verb meaning to stand beside or to be at the ready, use the two-word phrase stand by.
