To stand for Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions

1. . (a), To side with; to espouse the cause of; to support; to maintain, or to profess or attempt to maintain; to defend.

   "I stand wholly for you." Shak.

   (b) To be in the place of; to be the substitute or to represent; as, a cipher at the left hand of a figure stands for nothing.

   "I will not trouble myself, whether these names stand for the same thing, or really include one another." Locke.