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Stand

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  • Stand, Greater Manchester
    Stand, Greater Manchester
    Stand is a village in Greater Manchester, England near Radcliffe. It is a residential area. There is no agreed origin of the name....

     - a residential area in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, England

  • A stand, as a place of commerce or other public activity, is an outdoor or indoor installation usually centered around a table or counter top or podium, where the intended interaction takes place.
  • A stand, when referring to disability or medical equipment, is an assistive technology supporting a person who could not otherwise stand erect (see standing frame
    Standing frame
    A standing frame is assistive technology used by a child or adult who uses a wheelchair for mobility. A standing frame provides alternative positioning to sitting in a wheelchair by supporting the person in the standing position...

    )
  • A stand (drill pipe)
    Stand (drill pipe)
    A Stand is two or three joints of drill pipe connected together and stood in the derrick vertically, usually while tripping pipe. A stand of collars is similar, only made up of collars and a collar head. The collar head is screwed into the collar to allow it to be picked up by the elevators.Stands...

     (of drill pipe) includes 2 or 3 joints of drill pipe connected together and stood in the derrick on a drilling rig
  • A stand in cricket refers to a partnership (cricket)
    Partnership (cricket)
    In the sport of cricket, two batsmen may bat in partnership, although only one is on strike at any time. The partnership between two batsmen will come to an end when one of them is dismissed or retires, or the innings comes to a close In the sport of cricket, two batsmen may bat in partnership,...


  • Stand!
    Stand!
    Stand! is the fourth studio album by soul/funk band Sly & the Family Stone, released May 3, 1969 on Epic Records. Written and produced by lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, Stand! was the band's breakout album. It went on to sell over three million copies and become one of the most...

    , the fourth album by Sly & the Family Stone, considered among their best work
    • "Stand!" (song)
      Stand! (song)
      "Stand!" is a 1969 song by the soul/rock/funk band Sly & the Family Stone. The song's title and lyrics are a call for its listeners to "stand" up for themselves, their communities, and what they believe in...

      , the title of that album's second single
  • "Stand" (R.E.M.
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Places

  • Stand, Greater Manchester
    Stand, Greater Manchester
    Stand is a village in Greater Manchester, England near Radcliffe. It is a residential area. There is no agreed origin of the name....

     - a residential area in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, England

Objects

  • A stand, as a place of commerce or other public activity, is an outdoor or indoor installation usually centered around a table or counter top or podium, where the intended interaction takes place.
  • A stand, when referring to disability or medical equipment, is an assistive technology supporting a person who could not otherwise stand erect (see standing frame
    Standing frame
    A standing frame is assistive technology used by a child or adult who uses a wheelchair for mobility. A standing frame provides alternative positioning to sitting in a wheelchair by supporting the person in the standing position...

    )
  • A stand (drill pipe)
    Stand (drill pipe)
    A Stand is two or three joints of drill pipe connected together and stood in the derrick vertically, usually while tripping pipe. A stand of collars is similar, only made up of collars and a collar head. The collar head is screwed into the collar to allow it to be picked up by the elevators.Stands...

     (of drill pipe) includes 2 or 3 joints of drill pipe connected together and stood in the derrick on a drilling rig
  • A stand in cricket refers to a partnership (cricket)
    Partnership (cricket)
    In the sport of cricket, two batsmen may bat in partnership, although only one is on strike at any time. The partnership between two batsmen will come to an end when one of them is dismissed or retires, or the innings comes to a close In the sport of cricket, two batsmen may bat in partnership,...


Music

  • Stand!
    Stand!
    Stand! is the fourth studio album by soul/funk band Sly & the Family Stone, released May 3, 1969 on Epic Records. Written and produced by lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, Stand! was the band's breakout album. It went on to sell over three million copies and become one of the most...

    , the fourth album by Sly & the Family Stone, considered among their best work
    • "Stand!" (song)
      Stand! (song)
      "Stand!" is a 1969 song by the soul/rock/funk band Sly & the Family Stone. The song's title and lyrics are a call for its listeners to "stand" up for themselves, their communities, and what they believe in...

      , the title of that album's second single
  • "Stand" (R.E.M. song), a 1988 song by R.E.M.
  • "Stand" (Jewel song)
    Stand (Jewel song)
    "Stand" is a song by American pop singer-songwriter Jewel from her fourth studio album, 0304 . Written and produced by Jewel and Lester Mendez, and released as the album's second single in October 2003 in the United States and later on internationally, the single failed to chart on the Billboard...

    , a 2003 song by Jewel
  • "Stand", a song by Poison from their 1993 album Native Tongue
    Native Tongue (album)
    Native Tongue is the fourth studio album by American hard rock band Poison, released in 1993 through Capitol Records.-Musical style:While the band is generally associated with the glam metal genre, Native Tongue also features funk and blues elements. Richie Kotzen's influence upon the sound of the...

  • Stand (album), a 2006 album by Michael W. Smith
  • "Stand" (Rascal Flatts song)
    Stand (Rascal Flatts song)
    "Stand" is a single by country music band Rascal Flatts. It is the fourth single released from their Me and My Gang album. The song became their seventh number-one hit on Hot Country Songs chart on the week of May 12, 2007. It is about overcoming obstacles in life and to keep pushing when the odds...

    , a 2007 song by Rascal Flatts
  • Stand (Irish band)
    Stand (Irish band)
    Stand are a Dublin 4-piece rock band. They spent the last two years promoting their fourth studio album, Travel Light, both in Ireland and in the United States. The record was critically acclaimed leading the band to sell out the prestigious Bowery Ballroom in New York City...

    , a New York-based Dublin four-piece band
  • "The Stand", a song by The Alarm
    The Alarm
    The Alarm are an alternative rock band that emerged from North Wales in the late 1970s. They started as a Mod band and stayed together for over ten years. Unusually for a rock band, they displayed marked influences from Welsh language and culture...


Television and books

  • The Stand
    The Stand
    The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror/fantasy novel by American author Stephen King. It re-works the scenario in his earlier short story, Night Surf...

    , a novel by Stephen King
    • The Stand (TV miniseries)
      The Stand (TV miniseries)
      The Stand is a 1994 television miniseries based on the novel The Stand by Stephen King. King also wrote the teleplay. It was directed by Mick Garris and stars Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald and Jamey Sheridan.-Plot:...

      , a miniseries based on the novel
  • Stand (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
    Stand (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
    A stand is a supernatural power in the manga and anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. When first presented, the kanji used is 幽波紋 yūhamon with スタンド over it; it means ghostly ripple and it is similar to the ripple of the first two parts....

    , a supernatural power in the manga and anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
  • STAND, an organization fighting against the Virus in the anime Virus Buster Serge
    Virus Buster Serge
    Virus Buster Serge is a Japanese anime television series that premiered in 1997 based on a video game of the same name and directed by Masami Obari ....