standstill
pronunciation
How to pronounce standstill in British English:
UK [ˈstændstɪl]
How to pronounce standstill in American English:
US [ˈstændˌstɪl]
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- Noun:
- a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
- an interruption of normal activity
Word Origin
- standstill (n.)
- "state of cessation of movement," 1702, from stand (v.) + still (adv.). Earlier the notion would have been expressed simply by stand.
Example
- 1. I think I was drooling - a complete standstill .
- 2. Parliament had been shouted to a standstill for days .
- 3. Recent figures showed job creation at a standstill , as concerns grow over the possibility of a second recession .
- 4. And a standstill may buy time for the deeper restructuring that dubai world undoubtedly needs .
- 5. Border closures for long lunches , national holidays and bad weather bring many shipments to a standstill .