status quo

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”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsteɪtəs ˈkwəʊ/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌstætəs ˈkwoʊ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsteɪtəs ˈkwoʊ/

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.

• status in quo
• status quo ante

• IPA^(key): /ˌstaːtʏs ˈkʋoː/

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status quo m (plural status quo's)

1. status quo

• estatu quo, estatus quo, statu quo

status quo m (plural status quo)

1. status quo (the existing state of things)