Synonyms for stand for
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1. typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, representverb

   express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol

   "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"

   Synonyms:
   signify, mean, typify, hold still for, be, represent, play, lay out, comprise, symbolise, defend, stage, interpret, map, exemplify, correspond, act, symbolize, make up, epitomize, intend, present, epitomise, constitute

2. mean, intend, signify, stand forverb

   denote or connote

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

   Synonyms:
   entail, signify, mean, typify, hold still for, represent, destine, imply, symbolise, specify, have in mind, designate, think, correspond, think of, symbolize, intend

3. represent, stand for, correspondverb

   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:
   fit, stage, act, mean, typify, play, be, represent, equate, lay out, signify, tally, agree, defend, comprise, symbolise, hold still for, match, map, exemplify, present, check, make up, correspond, gibe, symbolize, interpret, intend, jibe, constitute

4. stand for, hold still forverb

   tolerate or bear

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

   Synonyms:
   intend, correspond, symbolize, symbolise, signify, mean, hold still for, represent, typify

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1. stand for

   Synonyms:
   signify, mean, represent

2. stand for

   Synonyms:
   defend, support, aid, help, side with, stand by, not desert

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1. Ben Zahn:

   With all the things going on throughout this country right now, with people not standing, I'm gon na ask you all to stand for what's about to happen, she's gon na come out and do our National Anthem, because this is not the NFL football players right ? This is the city of Kenner, and in the city of Kenner we all stand. We're gon na be proud of that.

2. John Jay Chapman:

   If American politics does not look to you like a joke, a tragic dance; if you have enough blindness left in you, on any plea, on any excuse, to vote for the Democratic Party or the Republican Party (for at present machine and party are one), or for any candidate who does not stand for a new era, -- then you yourself pass into the slide of the magic-lantern; you are an exhibit, a quaint product, a curiosity of the American soil. You are part of the problem.

3. Marsha Blackburn:

   Biden created this crisis by terminating successful Trump-era immigration policies, including Remain in Mexico and safe third country agreements. Tennesseans will not stand for this flagrant abuse of law and order.

4. Wednesday Biden:

   We badly need a Republican Party. We need a two-party system. It's not healthy to have a one-party system, and I think the Republicans are further away from trying to figure out who they are and what they stand for than I thought they would be at this point.

5. Ron Johnson:

   Instead of trying to improve communications, Ron Johnson said, it appears ICE and its parent agency, DHS, are trying to root out Ron Johnson source. Ron Johnson believes the whistleblowers could face retribution for the revelation. The federal government has a very poor record of retaliation, we’ve held numerous hearings about this. It is really quite shocking how often the federal government retaliates. But I certainly will not stand for it, and I certainly don’t think this committee will stand for any retribution against those who had the courage to come forward to reveal this incident. Federal law expressly protects federal employees who provide information to Congress. In the Dec. 3 incident, USCIS agents were investigating Marquez for marriage fraud, stemming from his 2014 union with Mariya Chernykh, a Russian national married to Farook’s brother. Rodriguez told Johnson’s committee that it was a mistake for his agency’s San Bernardino office to refuse entry to ICE investigators.