standsFor

P590
predicate

Indicates that one entity represents, symbolizes, or serves as a substitute or abbreviation for another entity.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
abbreviationOf 1,886
standsFor canonical 1,640
acronymFor 497

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: standsFor
Generated description
Indicates that one entity represents, symbolizes, or serves as a substitute or abbreviation for another entity.

Sample triples (4,160)

Subject Object
SHASS School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences ⓘ
TEC The Episcopal Church via predicate surface "acronymFor" ⓘ
linked to: Episcopal Church
ATE Advanced Technological Education via predicate surface "acronymFor" ⓘ
linked to: Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
NME National Military Establishment ⓘ
Beavers Oregon via predicate surface "representsState" ⓘ
SETI Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence ⓘ
linked to: SETI
Ichthys
linked to: ichthys
Iesous Christos Theou Yios Soter via predicate surface "acronymFor" ⓘ
linked to: Jesus Christ
Ichthys
linked to: ichthys
Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior via predicate surface "acronymExpandsTo" ⓘ
linked to: Jesus Christ
UDP User Datagram Protocol via predicate surface "abbreviationOf" ⓘ
linked to: UDP
SSH Secure Shell via predicate surface "abbreviationOf" ⓘ
linked to: SSH
SSCI Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ
linked to: United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
GAU Georg-August-Universität Göttingen ⓘ
linked to: University of Göttingen
SecDef United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
SecDef Secretary of Defense via predicate surface "abbreviationOf" ⓘ
linked to: United States Secretary of Defense
HELP Committee chair HELP Committee via predicate surface "shortNameOfCommittee" ⓘ
USB Universal Serial Bus via predicate surface "abbreviationOf" ⓘ
linked to: USB
ETO European Theater of Operations ⓘ
linked to: European theatre of World War II
Liberal Party (UK) Liberty bird (later used by Liberal Democrats) via predicate surface "partySymbol" ⓘ
OM Order of Merit ⓘ
BCS theory of superconductivity Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer theory via predicate surface "abbreviationOf" ⓘ
linked to: BCS theory of superconductivity
NE New England Revolution via predicate surface "abbreviationOf" ⓘ
USASC United States Army Signal Corps ⓘ
DDI Directorate of Digital Innovation ⓘ
SIG Special Interest Group ⓘ
linked to: Special Interest Groups
SU Soviet Union via predicate surface "abbreviationOf" ⓘ
IMACS Inamori Magellan Areal Camera and Spectrograph via predicate surface "acronymFor" ⓘ
FIRE Folded-port InfraRed Echellette via predicate surface "acronymFor" ⓘ
GMT Greenwich Mean Time via predicate surface "abbreviationOf" ⓘ
Indian National Congress right hand via predicate surface "partySymbol" ⓘ
Indian National Congress open palm via predicate surface "partySymbol" ⓘ
HCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ⓘ
linked to: UNHCR
PRR Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania Railroad Company
PRR Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ
TBS Turner Broadcasting System via predicate surface "abbreviationOf" ⓘ
RSN Red Sox Nation via predicate surface "abbreviationOf" ⓘ
BAA Basketball Association of America ⓘ
CCL (former branding) CONCACAF Champions League via predicate surface "abbreviationOf" ⓘ
linked to: CONCACAF Champions Cup
VOC Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie via predicate surface "abbreviationOf" ⓘ
linked to: Dutch East India Company
LDP Liberal Democratic Party ⓘ
LDP Liberal Democratic Party of Japan via predicate surface "isAcronymFor" ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Democratic Party
LDP Liberal Democratic Party of Russia via predicate surface "isAcronymFor" ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Democratic Party (Russia)
LDP Liberal Democratic Party of Australia via predicate surface "isAcronymFor" ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Democratic Party (Australia)
LDP Liberal Democratic Party of Sri Lanka via predicate surface "isAcronymFor" ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)
LDP Liberal Democratic Party of South Korea via predicate surface "isAcronymFor" ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Democratic Party (South Korea)
LDP Liberal Democratic Party of Serbia via predicate surface "isAcronymFor" ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Democratic Party (Serbia)
CSS Cascading Style Sheets via predicate surface "abbreviationOf" ⓘ
linked to: CSS
W3 World Wide Web via predicate surface "abbreviationOf" ⓘ
CMS Compact Muon Solenoid via predicate surface "abbreviationOf" ⓘ
linked to: CMS experiment
ALICE A Large Ion Collider Experiment via predicate surface "acronymFor" ⓘ
ISOLDE Isotope Separator On-Line Device via predicate surface "acronymFor" ⓘ