status quo

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˌsteɪtəs ˈkwəʊ/
• (America, CA) IPA: /ˌstætəs ˈkwoʊ/
• (America) IPA: /ˌsteɪtəs ˈkwoʊ/

Noun

status quo (plural status quos)

1. 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

• French: statuquo, statu quo
• German: Status quo, Ausgangslage, Ausgangszustand
• Italian: status quo
• Portuguese: status quo, statu quo
• Russian: ста́тус-кво
• Spanish: estado del asunto, statu quo

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