Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bestand
Participle: bestood
Gerund: bestanding
Indicative
Present
| I | bestand |
| you | bestand |
| he;she;it | bestands |
| we | bestand |
| you | bestand |
| they | bestand |
Perfect
| I | have bestood |
| you | have bestood |
| he;she;it | has bestood |
| we | have bestood |
| you | have bestood |
| they | have bestood |
Past
| I | bestood |
| you | bestood |
| he;she;it | bestood |
| we | bestood |
| you | bestood |
| they | bestood |
Pluperfect
| I | had bestood |
| you | had bestood |
| he;she;it | had bestood |
| we | had bestood |
| you | had bestood |
| they | had bestood |
Future
| I | will bestand |
| you | will bestand |
| he;she;it | will bestand |
| we | will bestand |
| you | will bestand |
| they | will bestand |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bestood |
| you | will have bestood |
| he;she;it | will have bestood |
| we | will have bestood |
| you | will have bestood |
| they | will have bestood |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bestand |
| you | bestand |
| he;she;it | bestand |
| we | bestand |
| you | bestand |
| they | bestand |
Perfect
| I | have bestood |
| you | have bestood |
| he;she;it | have bestood |
| we | have bestood |
| you | have bestood |
| they | have bestood |
Imperfect
| I | bestood |
| you | bestood |
| he;she;it | bestood |
| we | bestood |
| you | bestood |
| they | bestood |
Pluperfect
| I | had bestood |
| you | had bestood |
| he;she;it | had bestood |
| we | had bestood |
| you | had bestood |
| they | had bestood |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bestand |
| you | would bestand |
| he;she;it | would bestand |
| we | would bestand |
| you | would bestand |
| they | would bestand |
Perfect
| I | would have bestood |
| you | would have bestood |
| he;she;it | would have bestood |
| we | would have bestood |
| you | would have bestood |
| they | would have bestood |
Imperative
| you | bestand |
| we | Let's bestand |
| you | bestand |
Verbs conjugated like 'bestand'
misunderstand,
outstand,
stand,
understand,
withstand,
astand,
atstand,
bestand,
forestand,
forstand,
offstand,
reunderstand,
unnerstand,
Verbs similar to 'bestand'
astand,
atstand,
bastard,
behand,
besend,
bespend,
bestain,
bestar,
bestay,
bestead,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to serve
- service, serve
- to act as a servant for
- aid, attend, attend to, await, bestead, dance attendance, do, do for, minister, service, tend, serve
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English bistanden, bestanden, from Old English bestandan, from Proto-West Germanic *bistandan, from Proto-Germanic *bistandaną (“to surround, support”). Equivalent to be- (“around, by”) + stand. See: Old English '
bestandan', Proto-Germanic '
*bistandaną'.
Verbs referencing "bestand"
Danish
bestå.
Sample Sentences
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[...] that is my lord and uncle King Arthur, for he is full straitly bestood [sore beset] with a false traitor, which is my half brother Sir Mordred, [...] [1880, Sidney Lanier, Alfred Kappes, Sir Thomas Malory, The Boy's King Arthur:]
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Wherefore the Brittishe bisshops, bestood with weapons and enemies, when thei coulde not execute all functions, and perceaved that the prelates their neighbours weare prompte to assiste them, [...] [1846, Polydore Vergil, Sir Henry Ellis, Polydore Vergil's English history:]
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[...] and, inherited Puritan crust of stiffness that rarely left him, and which bestood him well under the ceremonials of his mission, whether at London (1846- 49) or later (1867-74) in Berlin. [1904, Donald Grant Mitchell, American Lands and Letters:]
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Would not children come kindly to such out-of-door lessons, and to such practical knowledge as would always bestand them well? [1907, Donald Grant Mitchell, The works of Donald G. Mitchell:]