stander

«stander» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who stands and watches — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (standers, standers-by)

meaning for a pupil

A stander is a person who stands and watches. Standers-by are people who are standing nearby, watching what happens without taking part. tree →

sense 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 →
• Many standers-by cheered at the race. tree →
• The standers-by did nothing to help. tree →
• A crowd of standers-by watched the fire. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stander» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.