how to pronounce stood

/ˈstʊd/

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stood is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of stood in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… Earthrise and we stood there December …”

meanings of stood

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of stand.

stood frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word stood occurs in english on average 60.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.