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• The clock is gated off during standby mode.From the entry gate off
• Usually carried by the stagehands, standby carpenters, etc., its use is more precise than Paganinis.2009, Tony Bill, Movie Speak: How to Talk Like You Belong on a Film Set, page 113. From the entry Paganini
• The rudder has no manual reversion capability but can be operated with the standby hydraulic system.1999, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.6.2 Boeing 737 Hydraulic System Information”, in Uncontrolled Descent And Collision With…. From the entry manual reversion
• Old standbys like walkathons, spellathons, and candy and light bulb sales are common.1978, Lawrence W. Prakken, The Education Digest, volume 44, page 37. From the entry spellathon
• It is a superb standby for picknickers, prospectors, camping-outers, school children, and factory lunches.1911, Coffee and Tea Industries and the Flavor Field, volume 34, page 497. From the entry tamal
• Three days were spent on standby or patrols and a fourth day on guard, with at least eight hours on stag.2012, Max Benitz, Six Months Without Sundays: The Scots Guards in Afghanistan. From the entry stag
• Then four more meetings around Manhattan travelling mostly by Shanks′s pony, before arriving back at JFK for their overnight standby flight.2007, John Forbat, Entrepreneurship: The Seeds of Success, UK: Harriman House, page 60. From the entry shanks' pony
• The former ferry, now the standby tied up at the Steilacoom dock, is the 18-car, wooden-hull Islander, even old-timier and better.1990, Harvey Manning, Penny Manning, “Anderson Island”, in Walks & Hikes Around Puget Sound (Footsore; 4), 2nd edition, Seattle, Wash.…. From the entry old-timey
• And when the aftermath of the bus crash had been mopped up, they could be on standby for the first casualties from a cyclone.2016, Alison Roberts, The Playboy Doctor's Proposal, →ISBN. From the entry mop up
• The international bureau chiefs are waiting on standby via holopresence, and despite their distance from the scene, they seem just as downtrodden and anxious as everyone in the hall.2022, Victor Manibo, The Sleepless, Erewhon Books, page 47. From the entry holopresence
• A trickle charger is particularly useful for batteries which have to be kept out of use temporarily or for standby batteries which are used only in emergencies.2003, Sharma, Basic Radio & Television, 2/E, →ISBN, page 49. From the entry trickle charger
• The Moz was a little bumpy - too bumpy for a begintermediate anyhow, and that was the old standby from last year when the fam came out.2002 November 24, mwfr...@hotmail.com, “TR - Copper Mountain, Bever Creek, Vail (long)”, in rec.skiing.alpine (Usenet). From the entry begintermediate
• There’s always the good old standby of pub food, which is becoming far more adventurous, and the local Chinese takeout, which often doubles as a fish-and-chippie.2000, David Downing, editor, Great Britain: The Guide That Gets You to the Heart and Soul of Great Britain (Fodor’s Up Close), Fodor’s…. From the entry fish and chippie
• Their people do not turn out for the innovations (discussion groups, Bible vigils), but they have also stopped turning out for the old standbys (novenas, Benediction, Forty-Hour devotions).1967 March 3, Daniel Callahan, “The Renewal Mass”, in Commonweal, page 622; quoted in J. Paul Williams, What Americans Believe and How…. From the entry postconciliar
• A separate building on the west side will house a standby powerhouse and a workshop, and there will be an unroofed compound for compressed air cylinders and water tanks.1960 May, “New Signalbox at Manchester Victoria”, in Railway Magazine, page 310. From the entry compound

Meaning of standby

1. noun A state of readiness without immediate involvement; remaining in preparation for (a sudden or unforeseen event or situation).
2. noun A replacement kept on standby.
3. noun Sleep mode.

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How do you use standby in a sentence?

Standby is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The troops were on standby in case of an attack.”

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What does standby mean?

Standby means a state of readiness without immediate involvement; remaining in preparation for (a sudden or unforeseen event or situation).