stand for

express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol

• “What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?”

denote or connote

• “maison”
• “house”
• “;”

take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to

• “Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an”
• “in Greek stands for an”
• “in Latin”

tolerate or bear

• “I won”