STAND FOR

• (verb) tolerate or bear

  "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"

  synonyms : hold still for

• (verb) express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol

  "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"

  synonyms : represent , symbolise , symbolize , typify

• (verb) denote or connote

  "`maison' means `house' in French", "An example sentence would show what this word means"

  synonyms : intend , mean , signify

• (verb) take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to

  "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin"

  synonyms : correspond , represent

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