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STATUS QUO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does status quo mean? 

STATUS QUO (noun)
  The noun STATUS QUO has 1 sense:

1. the existing state of affairsplay

  Familiarity information: STATUS QUO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STATUS QUO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The existing state of affairs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("status quo" is a kind of...):

situation; state of affairs (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time)


 Context examples 


As I said, the universe does not tolerate the status quo and will create reasons to move you forward.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

With Saturn, you will not have the option to stick to the status quo.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The fact that Uranus is your ruler is the reason you were born with the talent to innovate and rebel against tradition and the status quo when you feel it is necessary.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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