English UsageGrammar guide
Past Tense of Stand
The past tense of “stand” is “stood,” and “stood” is also the past participle. This irregular form applies across the ordinary verb senses of being upright or being in a position or state.
Use “stood” as both the past simple and past participle of “stand.”
Key details
Confusion Familyirregular verb form
Rule Familyverb forms
Termsstand, stood
Variant Scope“Stood” is both the past simple and the past participle of “stand.”
Further guidance
Core difference
The verb changes from “stand” to “stood” for both past simple and past participle.
Fast Test
Use “stood” in “she stood” and “has stood.”
Usage Boundary
Do not form the standard past as *standed*.
Sources and evidence
Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.
- STAND — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Direct verb-form evidence that stood is both the past simple and past participle of stand.