Explore Stand-in through 1 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like substitute or match. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Stand-in in a sentence
Stand-in meaning
- A person of similar size and shape to an actor who substitutes for or replaces that actor during the lengthy process of setting up a shot, but who, unlike a double, does not appear in the film.
- A substitute.
Using Stand-in
- The main meaning on this page is: A person of similar size and shape to an actor who substitutes for or replaces that actor during the lengthy process of setting up a shot, but who, unlike a double, does not appear in the film. | A substitute.
- Useful related words include: substitute, match, equal, peer.
Context around Stand-in
- Average sentence length in these examples: 38 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 1 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stand-in
- By corpus frequency, "stand-in" sits close to words such as aaargh, aabb and aabria, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stand-in
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Gor stand-in coach Zedekiah “Zico” Otieno has urged his charges to stand up and be counted against the Nigerian and especially to cast away the spell of struggling against Big Bullets en-route to the first round. (38 words)
Gor stand-in coach Zedekiah “Zico” Otieno has urged his charges to stand up and be counted against the Nigerian and especially to cast away the spell of struggling against Big Bullets en-route to the first round. (38 words)
Example sentences (1)
Gor stand-in coach Zedekiah “Zico” Otieno has urged his charges to stand up and be counted against the Nigerian and especially to cast away the spell of struggling against Big Bullets en-route to the first round.