You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for November 10.

Sesame Street Day

Today’s word is stand, spelled s-t-a-n-d.

stand /stænd/ verb [transitive]

[transitive usually in questions and negatives] to be able to accept or deal well with a difficult situation SYN tolerate

if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen

used to tell someone that they should leave a job or situation if they cannot deal with its difficulties

stand-offish, standoffish /ˌstænd ˈɒfɪʃ $ -ˈɒːf-/ adjective informal

rather unfriendly and formal SYN aloof

She was cold and stand-offish.

She tends to be a bit standoffish with strangers.

She proved to be simply shy, not standoffish.

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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