English-Spanish translations for stand for

• representar
  Cualquiera, independientemente de si es corrupto o inmoral, podría representar un cargo público. Anyone, however corrupt or immoral, could stand for public office.
• significar
  Además, también se ha discutido el asunto de qué significará la Unión Europea en 2020, después de la Estrategia de Lisboa. In addition, the topic of what the European Union will stand for in 2020, following on from the Lisbon Strategy, was also discussed.

Definition of stand for

• To mean; to symbolize; to represent
• To advocate, to support

Examples

• The abbreviation CIA stands for "Central Intelligence Agency".
• We wont stand for that type of behaviour.

Related words

• standard form
• standard form contract
• standard form of a complex number
• stand in for
• stand up for
• forest stand
• standard conditions for temperature and pressure
• standing in formation
• standing multinational force