status quo (kw )n. The existing condition or state of affairs. [Latin status qu , state in which : status, state + qu, in which, ablative of qu , which.] |
status quo [kwəʊ]
n
(usually preceded by the) the existing state of affairs
[literally: the state in which]
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| Noun | 1. | status quo - the existing state of affairs situation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt |
Translations
status quo [ˌsteɪtəsˈkwəʊ] n
the status quo → le statu quo
status report n → rapport m d'étape
status symbol n (showing social success) → signe m de réussite sociale; (showing financial success) → signe m extérieur de richesse
the status quo → le statu quo
status report n → rapport m d'étape
status symbol n (showing social success) → signe m de réussite sociale; (showing financial success) → signe m extérieur de richesse
status quo
n → Status quo m
status quo n the status quo → lo statu quo
status quo n the status quo → lo statu quo
status quo n the status quo → lo statu quo
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