status quo
The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the…The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.
» You're stuck in the status quo.
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1 sensesThe state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.
Status quo, Ausgangslage, Ausgangszustand
ста́тус-квоstátus-kvo
ста́тус-кво́státus-kvó
the existing state of affairs
Examples
22 sentencesYou're stuck in the status quo.
The status quo is a political agenda.
Your viewpoint may challenge the status quo.
Few dared to challenge the status quo.
He vigorously believed in the status quo.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin status (“state”) (sometimes used in the ablative statū) + quō (“in which”), theFrom Latin status (“state”) (sometimes used in the ablative statū) + quō (“in which”), the ablative of quī (“which”).
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Forms
plural: status quosWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.