Definitions
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- noun The existing condition or state of affairs.
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- noun The
state ofthings ; theway things are, as opposed to the way they could be; theexisting state of affairs .
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- noun the existing state of affairs
Etymologies
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[Latin status quō, state in which : status, state + quō, in which, ablative of quī, which.]
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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").
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cosmican commented on the word status quo
The existing state of affairs
November 20, 2007
uttarnikhil commented on the word status quo
The existing condition or state of affairs
August 28, 2013