stand by
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
not act or do anything
He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators
Types & categories
- refrain hypernym
Sense 2 verb
be available or ready for a certain function or service
Types & categories
- wait hypernym
Related & opposite
- standby derivation
- understudy derivation
Sense 3 verb
be loyal to
She stood by her husband in times of trouble
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | refrain |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | standby |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | understudy |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wait |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |