status quo
See also: Status quo
English
Etymology
From Latin status (“state”) (sometimes used in the ablative statu) + quō (“in which”), the ablative of quī (“which”). From the Latin in statu quō ante bellum erat (“the way it was before the war”).
Pronunciation
Noun
status quo (plural status quos)
- The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.
Related terms
- status in quo
- status quo ante
Translations
the state of things
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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌstaːtʏs ˈkʋoː/
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
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