standstill
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈstændˌstɪl/
:
punto muerto
- The traffic was at a standstill for hours due to the accident on the highway.
- come to a standstill
- a virtual standstill
- a standstill agreement
There's OK, I'm at a standstill right now and making no progress.
- There's OK, I'm at a standstill right now and making no progress.
- The lava streams come to a standstill inside their margins and harden as they cool slowly, the fire shrink and the appearance of a waving harvest of flame is lost.
- And then the the generator went out, which means the lights, the AC in standstill traffic in Georgia.
- I've traffic standstill people, just every car round this roundabout, just no one moving.
- And then they'll just be a standstill and it's just like, you know, just roll with the punches and just deal with the rejection.
- And I was at this really space of like standstill and pass.
Examples
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The city centre was jammed with some roads at a standstill for hours.
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Either scenario can bring the hospital to a standstill and jeopardize its future competitive position.
Academic text (2001) -
The following two weeks of the strike brought Northern Ireland to an almost complete standstill.
Academic text (2001) -
The twisted remains of a car accident have brought everything to a near standstill.
Fiction book (2002) -
In the two standard years that followed, Muad'Dib and the Fremen brought spice production to a standstill.
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The Labour Party in the seventies brought the CRC to a standstill by not approving the budget.
Academic text (1990) -
Traffic's at a standstill.
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The drum ceased; the dancers came to a standstill, looking stunned and beatific.
Fiction book (1996) -
Zhang concentrated his troops on the shortened front and brought the Xili advance to a standstill in October.
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Opal had come to a standstill in the back of the pasture and was lowing piteously.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where a vehicle like a bus pauses on a route
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1.0
A short stop in speaking or activity
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2.3
A stop in movement or activity
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3.6
A situation where no further progress or solution is possible
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4.3
A temporary stop of an activity or service
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6.3
A state in which a plan or request waits without a decision
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6.3
A situation in a game or argument where no one can make progress
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8.1
A situation where people cannot agree and nothing can move forward
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3.8
A delay that stops something from moving forward
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5.8
A situation where people cannot move forward because both sides refuse to agree
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4.1
A time when something stops moving or working
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6.0
A time when work or activity stops for a long time
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5.1
A situation with no progress or decisions while people wait
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6.3
A situation where normal activity stops or slows because of a block
1
6.5
Still water that does not move in pipes or lakes, causing poor quality
A big delay that stops or slows progress
Antonyms
How Much Movement
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Standstill is made from the simple words stand and still, literally meaning 'to stand without moving'. So a standstill is when movement or progress stops completely, like traffic or talks that cannot move forward.