maintain a status quo

  • 1maintain the status-quo — keep the usual, maintain the current situation …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 2Status quo — is a Latin term meaning the present existing state of affairs, or the state in which . To maintain the status quo is to keep the things the way they currently are. The related phrase status quo ante , means the state of things as it was before.… …

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  • 3status quo — [ˌsteıtəs ˈkwəu US ˌsteıtəs ˈkwou, ˌstæ ] n [Date: 1800 1900; : Latin; Origin: state in which ] the status quo the state of a situation as it is maintain/preserve/defend the status quo (=not make any changes) ▪ Will the West use its influence to… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 4status quo — noun VERB + STATUS QUO ▪ defend, keep, maintain, preserve ▪ There are many people who wish to maintain the status quo. ▪ threaten, upset ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 5status quo — noun the status quo the state of a situation as it is: maintain the status quo (=not make any changes): Managers want to maintain the status quo because they re afraid to take risks …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6status quo — [[t]ste͟ɪtəs kwo͟ʊ[/t]] N SING: usu the N The status quo is the state of affairs that exists at a particular time, especially in contrast to a different possible state of affairs. By 492 votes to 391, the federation voted to maintain the status… …

    English dictionary

  • 7STATUS QUO ANTE — STATUS QUO ANTE, term applied to those communities in Hungary which after the schism that occurred at the Hungarian General Jewish Congress of 1868–69 (see hungary ) did not join the neologist organization or the Orthodox communities (1871) but… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 8Status Quo Agreement —    Israel s religious structure stems partly from a compromise to obviate clashes that took the form of a so called status quo agreement worked out by David Ben Gurion with Orthodox and religious leaders and religious political parties on the eve …

    Historical Dictionary of Israel

  • 9status quo — n. to maintain, preserve; restore the status quo * * * [ˌsteɪtəs kwəʊ] preserve restore the status quo to maintain …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 10preserve the status quo — maintain the current situation, preserve the usual condition …

    English contemporary dictionary