Meanings
verbstand in for (third-person singular simple present stands in for, present participle standing in for, simple past and past participle stood in for)
present singular third person stands in for · participle present standing in for · participle past stood in for · past stood in for
- idiomatictransitiveTo replace; to act as a double or substitute for.
I asked my colleague to stand in for me so I could take the day off.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 代替
- 代替 (dàitì)replace
Dutch vervangen
- vervangenreplace
Finnish tuurata
- tuuratareplace
French remplacer, suppléer
- remplacerreplace
- suppléerreplace
German sich ersetzen
- sich ersetzenreplace
Italian sostituire, fare le veci
- sostituirereplace
- fare le vecireplace
Korean ~를 대신하여
- ~를 대신하여replace
Polish zastępować, zastąpić
- zastępowaćreplace
- zastąpićreplace
Romanian înlocui
- înlocuireplace
Russian замеща́ть, замести́ть
- замеща́ть (zameščátʹ)replace
- замести́ть (zamestítʹ)replace
Spanish hacer las veces de/por, formar por
- hacer las veces de/porreplace
- formar porreplace
Cite this entry
APA
stand in for. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stand%20in%20for
MLA
“stand in for.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stand%20in%20for. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stand in for,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stand%20in%20for.
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