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How to sign: be standing; be upright
"We had to stand for the entire performance!";
See also: get up, stand up, rise, arise, uprise
Similiar / Same: stand up
Categories: rest
Within this category: line up, ramp, stand back
How to sign: a mental position from which things are viewed
"we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events";
Similiar / Same: point of view, viewpoint, standpoint
Categories: position, posture, stance
Within this category: cityscape, complexion, landscape, slant
How to sign: put up with something or somebody unpleasant
"I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage";
Similiar / Same: endure, tolerate, brook, stomach, abide, digest, stick out, bear, suffer, put up, support
Categories: allow, countenance, let, permit
Within this category: accept, bear up, pay, sit out, stand for, take, take a joke, take lying down
How to sign: withstand the force of something
"The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow";
Categories: defend, fight, fight back, fight down, oppose
