in stasis
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8.1
- idiom
:
en suspenso
- During the long journey, the passengers were kept in stasis to preserve their health.
- put in stasis
- remain in stasis
- spent in stasis
Examples
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If they were in stasis, I'd get a location, but these readings are all over the ship.
Fiction book (1997) -
Throughout, I worried that I might get trapped in stasis and never emerge into normal time again.
Fiction book (1998) -
And their, their application was kind of held in, in stasis for a number of years.
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- The creature was in stasis.
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David said the crew spent 2 years, 4 months, 18 days, and 36 hours in stasis on the ship.
Blog text (24) -
The crew couldn't survive unless they were in stasis.
Fiction book (1997) -
You've been in stasis for fifty-six days.
Fiction book (1997) -
They're in stasis.
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We don't know if we've been lying here in stasis or if this ship exists in some kind of temporal anomaly.
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The research project has been in stasis since last year due to budget cuts.
Synonyms
73
1.0
Become not awake
46
4.8
Not moving or changing and showing little activity
41
3.0
Completely still with no movement, like a statue
34
5.2
Not active now but able to become active later
8
9.1
Being almost dead and no longer active, with little sign of life
7
5.5
Not moving and without the energy or will to act
7
2.4
Someone or something that is quiet and still and not moving
4
2.3
Not moving and not showing much physical or mental energy
2
6.2
Not moving at all
1
2.2
Completely still and keeping the same position
Not working now but using little power and ready to start quickly
Antonyms
How Active
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward preposition + noun composition: 'in' (inside/within) combined with 'stasis' (a condition of little or no change) directly yields 'in a state of inactivity or suspension.' This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituents, although 'stasis' is somewhat formal/technical in register.
Etymology
In stasis comes from the Greek word stasis, which means 'standing still'. It gives the picture of something frozen in place, so it now means 'not active' or 'paused'.