standstill
[ˈstɛən(d)ˌstɪɫ]UK/ˈstændˌstɪl/
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standstill noun: a complete immobility; a halt.
Noun
standstill (countable and uncountable, plural standstills)
- A complete immobility; a halt.
- The wreck brought traffic to a standstill for hours.
- Despite all these precautions, however, severe storms sometimes caused drifts which brought traffic completely to a standstill.1955 December, H. A. Vallance, “The Highland Centenary—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 859
standstill meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Vietnamese
standstill in Tamil
- இயக்கமற்ற நிலை, செயலற்ற நிலை, அசைவற்ற நிலை, முன்னேற்றமற்ற நிலை
standstill in Malayalam
- നിലയ്ക്കൽ, നില്പ്, നിശ്ചലത്വം, സ്തംഭനാവസ്ഥ
standstill in Kannada
- ನಡುಕಂಗಿಡು, ತಾಟಸ್ಥ್ಯ, ನಿಲುಗಡೆ, ನಿತ್ತಿರಿಕೆ, ನಿಂದಿರಿಕೆ, ಇದ್ದಲ್ಲೇ ಇರುವುದು
standstill in Vietnamese
- complete immobility
- bế tắc, dừng
Examples of standstill in a sentence
- The lorry is blocking off the road, so traffic has come to a standstill.
- Telfer’s book waltz right by societal rules that would leave the rest of us at a standstill.
- She fights Mad Max to a standstill even though she’s only got one arm.
Synonyms of standstill
Antonyms
Forms of standstill
| plural | standstills |
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Origin of standstill
From stand + still, a deverbal from stand still. Compare Dutch stilstand (“a standstill”), German Stillstand (“a standstill”), Danish stilstand (“a standstill”).
Words formed from standstill
Phrases with standstill
Words that rhyme with standstill
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- chill
- drill
- Seville
- will
- skill
- still
- frill
- mil
- sill
- swill
- fulfill
- goodwill
- till
- until
- brazil
- downhill
- prill
- quadrille
- shill
- shrill
- thrill
- Chapel Hill
- jill
- McGill
- nill
- squill
- trill
- uphill
- Walton-on-the-Hill
- Baskerville
- dill
- grille
- he'll
- instill
- Ithkuil
- krill
- manille
- nil
- phil
- purple pill
- refill
- remill
- rill
- thill
- twill
- vill
- vril
- 'til
Questions about standstill
- What does standstill mean?
- Standstill means a complete immobility; a halt.
- What is standstill in Tamil?
- Standstill in Tamil is இயக்கமற்ற நிலை, செயலற்ற நிலை, அசைவற்ற நிலை. See Standstill meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is standstill?
- Standstill is a noun.
- How do you pronounce standstill?
- Standstill is pronounced /ˈstændˌstɪl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of standstill?
- The plural of standstill is standstills.
Words near standstill in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: standstill (page history and authors); standstill (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); standstill (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); standstill (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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