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on-hold

on-hold is the alternative form of on hold.

Meaning of on hold

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Delayed; postponed; suspended.
    • This project is on hold until we can get more information.
  2. Waiting on a telephone call.
    • I have been on hold for 45 minutes listening to a recording about how important my call is to them.
  3. On reserve; being held for someone.
    • I have a book on hold for me at the library.
  4. Pertaining to a telephone hold state.
    • Now James Kellaris, a professor of marketing at the University of Cincinnati, reports that the sexes respond differently to onhold^([sic]) music.1999, New Scientist

Questions about on-hold

What is on-hold the alternative form of?
On-hold is the alternative form of on hold.

Words near on-hold in the dictionary

  1. on-going
  2. on-guard
  3. on-hand
  4. on-hanger
  5. on-hangers
  6. on-hold
  7. on-hook
  8. on-leash
  9. on-line
  10. on-loan
  11. on-loaned

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on-hold (page history and authors); on hold (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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