1.b> 1) , ; a microphone stand ( i> .i> i>); music stand , ( i>); a bicycle stand ( / "" i>);
2) ; ; ; newspaper stand ( i>); a display [an exhibition] stand [] ;
3) , ; ;
2.b> ( .i>); fighting broke out in the stands five minutes before the end of the match ;
3.b> (on) , ( i>); to take a firm stand on smth. ; he was criticized for his tough stand on immigration ;
4.b> 1) i> , i> ; we must take / make / a stand against further job losses / ; environmental groups are making a stand against the new road through the valley ;
2) , ; ; the rebels' desperate last stand / ; Custer's Last Stand .i> " " (- i>).