What does stand for mean?

[Hodja]

Test No. incompl/advan-33 "Flying across the Channel", question 3

In other words the letters ......... building, antennae, span and earth, all of which you can jump from.

(a) stand up
(b) stand in
(c) stand for
(d) stand by

Test No. incompl/advan-33 "Flying across the Channel", answer 3

In other words the letters stand for building, antennae, span and earth, all of which you can jump from.

Correct answer: (c) stand for

Your answer was: incorrect
In other words the letters stand in building, antennae, span and earth, all of which you can jump from.
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What does stand for mean?

Hodja

[Torsten]

Hello Hodja,

If you say that a letter of initial stands for a particular word or name, you mean that it is an abbreviation for that word or name.

TOEIC listening, talks: Radio commercial for insurance products

[Amiranow]

Ican know the answer if I check my answer , but I don't try because I want to know every meaning for each choice. Also I can check the meaning in dictionary , but I need examples .

[HamburgEnglish]

Um Torsten

Cola stands for Life !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hamburg-English stands for quality.
Monica Lewinsky stood for (well she did'nt stand...smile) .. ok forget this one..

"Stand/s for" means REPRESENT/S

Warning: Not an abbreviation full stop, just can include abreviations.

[Yankee]

Hi Amiranow

You can find the meanings of the options (with examples) here:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=stand&r=66
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[TimeTraveler]

"I stand by all these statement"

what does stand by mean in this sentence?

Thanks

[HamburgEnglish]

Hi TT (are you Dr, Who?)

It means agree with or support. (p.s. you have a typo "statements")

Rob

[TimeTraveler]

Hi Rob, thanks a lot for the explanation,

god bless you and have a nice day ;)

Adam