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Definitions for STATUS QUO
kwoʊsta·tus quo

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. status quonoun

    the existing state of affairs

Wiktionary

  1. status quonoun

    The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.

  2. Etymology: From status; (NB the "statu" is the correct form) + quo, the of qui. From the in statu quo ante bellum erat

Wikipedia

  1. Status quo

    Status quo or Statu quo is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social or political issues. In the sociological sense, it generally applies to maintaining or changing existing social structure and/or values. With regard to policy debate, it means how conditions are, inviting a good or bad analysis of them, for example "The countries are now trying to maintain a status quo with regards to their nuclear arsenal which will help them if the situation gets any worse."Status quo is the nominative form of the ablative in the Latin phrase "in statu quo" – literally "in the state in which", a shortening of the phrase in statu quo res erant ante bellum, meaning "as things stood before the war". To maintain the status quo is to keep things the way they presently are. The related phrase status quo ante, literally "the state in which before", emphasises "the state of affairs that existed" (previously).

ChatGPT

  1. status quo

    The status quo is defined as the current or existing state of affairs or circumstances. It is a Latin phrase that means 'the state in which'. It refers to maintaining or keeping things as they are, without making changes or initiating progress.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Status quo

    the state in which anything is already. The phrase is also used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of place, matters return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu quo ante bellum, i.e., the state (or, in the state) before the war

  2. Etymology: [L., state in which.]

Wikidata

  1. Status Quo

    Status Quo are an English rock band whose music is characterized by their distinctive brand of boogie rock. The group originated in The Spectres, founded by schoolboys Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster in 1962. After a number of lineup changes, the band became The Status Quo in 1967 and Status Quo in 1969. They have had over 60 chart hits in the UK, the most recent being in 2010, which is more than any other rock group! 22 of which reached the UK Top Ten. In 1991, Status Quo received a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Status Quo will star in their first feature film, due to be released in July 2013. The film will coincide with the release of the soundtrack album Bula Quo!. The first single from the album, the track Bula Bula Quo was released in June 2013, and is Status Quo's one hundredth single release.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. status quo

    (Lat.). A treaty between belligerents, which leaves each party in statu quo ante bellum,—that is, in the state in which it was before the war.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of STATUS QUO in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of STATUS QUO in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of STATUS QUO in a Sentence

  1. Joseph Wu:

    This kind of behavior is wrecking the status quo, and it's wrecking peace and stability in this region and it should not be accepted.

  2. Eric Jackson:

    If there had been a trial and Sumner Redstone was declared mentally incompetent, that could have at least forced change at the top of Viacom Inc -LRB- VIAB.O -RRB-, with a settlement, its conceivable that Shari Redstone and Dauman could continue with the status quo even if Sumner Redstone is incapacitated and shareholders will never know.

  3. Amy Shah:

    I think that the concern for the states are jobs, and I think that as with any change there is always going to be a backlash from the status quo, but if you think about it, it may create more jobs in the industry with trying to figure out how to produce plants safely.

  4. Paul Hokemeyer:

    Regardless of where you stood on Trump, his victory disrupted the status quo, brought anger out of the shadows and barbed human relations.

  5. William Barr:

    The status quo is exceptionally dangerous, unacceptable, and only getting worse.


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