Usually means: Remain ready for further action.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word stand by:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. stand by: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. stand by: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. stand by: Collins English Dictionary
  4. stand by: Vocabulary.com
  5. Stand-By, Stand-by, stand-by: Wordnik
  6. stand by: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. stand-by, stand by: Wiktionary
  8. Stand-by, stand by: Dictionary.com
  9. stand by (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Stand By (Senit song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Stand-by: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. stand-by: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. stand by: Rhymezone
  14. stand-by: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. stand-by, stand by: Free Dictionary
  16. stand by: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. stand-by, stand by: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stand-by, stand by: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stand-by, stand by: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stand-by, stand by: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stand by: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stand-by, stand by: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stand by)

verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive) To wait in expectation of some event; to be ready.
verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To remain loyal or faithful to.
verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To support; to continue to support despite things being bad.
verb:  (intransitive) To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation.

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