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# stander

noun (standers, standers-by)

«stander» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A stander is a person who stands and watches. Standers-by are people who are standing nearby, watching what happens without taking part. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stander/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales the standers-by are onlookers who are surprised by what a hero does

### Examples

- The standers-by gasped when the knight won. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stander/#x1)
- Many standers-by cheered at the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stander/#x2)
- The standers-by did nothing to help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stander/#x3)
- A crowd of standers-by watched the fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stander/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stander» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stander/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stander» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stander.html) on Mova free.