upstanding

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Thân thiện

An upstanding citizen helps an elderly neighbor cross the street.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Meriting respect or esteem; honorable: Describes a person of good character who behaves in a morally correct and socially approved way.
   • Standing erect or upright: Describes a physical posture of being straight and vertical. (This meaning is less common in everyday modern usage.)

Examples of Usage

• Adjective (Meriting respect):
  • He is known as an upstanding citizen who volunteers regularly.
  • The company only hires upstanding individuals with strong references.
• Adjective (Standing erect - less common):
  • The soldiers remained upstanding throughout the long ceremony.

Advanced Usage

• "Upstanding member": A common collocation used to describe a respected and reliable person within a group or community.
  • She has been an upstanding member of the board for a decade.

Variants and Related Words

• Stand-up (adj, informal): Similar in meaning to 'honorable' or 'reliable' (e.g., ).
• Upright (adj): Can mean both 'vertical' and 'strictly honorable or honest'.

Synonyms

• Honorable
• Respectable
• Reputable
• Principled
• Righteous

Antonyms

• Dishonorable
• Disreputable
• Unprincipled
• Corrupt

Related Phrases

• Pillar of the community: An idiom with a similar meaning to 'upstanding member'.
  • After years of charity work, he was considered a pillar of the community.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. meriting respect or esteem
   • an upstanding member of the community

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