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Webster 1913 Edition

Standstill

Stand′stillˊ

(-stĭlˊ)

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Noun.

A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state of rest.

Definition 2024

standstill

standstill

See also: stand still

English

Noun

standstill ‎(plural standstills)

complete immobility; halt
The wreck brought traffic to a standstill for hours.

Derived terms

standstill agreement

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

complete immobility

Chinese:
Mandarin: 停頓 (zh), 停顿 (zh) ‎(tíngdùn)
Dutch: stilstand (nl)
Esperanto: halto
French: arrêt (fr) m, immobilisation (fr) f, paralysie (fr) f, surplace (fr) m
German: Stillstand (de) m
Interlingua: immobilisation, paralyse
Italian: fermata (it)

Japanese: 停止 (ja) ‎(ていし, teishi), 停頓 (ja) ‎(ていとん, teiton)
Latin: immobilizatio
Maori: whakamāraritanga
Portuguese: paralisação (pt)
Romanian: oprit (ro), imobilizat (ro)
Russian: остано́вка (ru) f ‎(ostanóvka), засто́й (ru) m ‎(zastój), безде́йствие (ru) n ‎(bezdéjstvije), просто́й (ru) m ‎(prostój) (esp. at work)
Spanish: parada (es)
Vietnamese: bế tắc (vi), dừng (vi)