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in abeyance

in abeyance prepositional phrase: on hold; at a moment of inactivity.

Prepositional phrase

  1. On hold; at a moment of inactivity.
    • His defences were all in his wits and cunning, his very instincts of cunning, and when these were in abeyance he seemed doubly naked and like a child, of unfinished, tender flesh, and somehow struggling helplessly.1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter III, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC
    • Then I hereby declare this treaty in abeyance.1989, Melinda M. Snodgrass, “The Ensigns of Command”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 3, episode 2, spoken by Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart)

in abeyance meaning in Tamil

in abeyance in Tamil

நிறுத்திவைப்பதில்

Questions about in abeyance

What does in abeyance mean?
In abeyance means on hold; at a moment of inactivity.
What is in abeyance in Tamil?
In abeyance in Tamil is நிறுத்திவைப்பதில். See In abeyance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is in abeyance?
In abeyance is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in abeyance in the dictionary

  1. in a while
  2. in a while, crocodile
  3. in a word
  4. in a world of one's own
  5. in abatement
  6. in abeyance
  7. in Abraham's bosom
  8. in absentia
  9. in abundance
  10. in accord
  11. in accordance with

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