Meaning

2 senses

  1. A device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and a sign or electrical wiring.

    Halter, Abstandhalter

    распо́ркаraspórka, проста́вкаprostávka

  2. A deadlocked confrontation between antagonists.

    I don't want to get involved in the standoff between those two.

    A tense standoff between demonstrators and police continued overnight.

    Pattsituation, festgefahrene Lage

    противостоя́ниеprotivostojánije

More definitions
  • the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand
  • the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided

Examples

2 sentences

  1. It was a standoff.

    Це була тупикова ситуація. — deniko

    ruЭто был тупик. — odexed

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  2. The political landscape of the region turned into a Mexican standoff.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
a device which maintains a fixed distance:
a deadlocked confrontation:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a device which maintains a fixed distance:
a deadlocked confrontation:

Origin

Deverbal from stand off.

Deverbal from stand off.

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Forms

plural: standoffs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand:repulsion
  • the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided:drawtie

Word family

1 related words
Derivedstandoffish

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
standardizationstandardizestandbyB2standoffishstandpointstandstillB2stanzaB2

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