"standstill" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstændˌstɪl/ [Canada, General-American, General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], [ˈstɛəndˌstɪɫ] [Canada, US, æ-tensing] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-StuckInLagToad-standstill.wav Forms: standstills [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: From stand + still. Compare Dutch stilstand (“standstill”), German Stillstand (“standstill”), Danish stilstand (“standstill”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|stand|still}} stand + still, {{cog|nl|stilstand|t=standstill}} Dutch stilstand (“standstill”), {{cog|de|Stillstand|t=standstill}} German Stillstand (“standstill”), {{cog|da|stilstand|t=standstill}} Danish stilstand (“standstill”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} standstill (countable and uncountable, plural standstills)
  1. Complete immobility; a halt. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: deadlock, dead stand, grind, halt, idle, impasse Derived forms: standstill agreement Translations (complete immobility): durğunluq (Azerbaijani), засто́й (zastój) [masculine] (Bulgarian), безде́йствие (bezdéjstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 停頓 (Chinese Mandarin), 停顿 (tíngdùn) (Chinese Mandarin), stilstand [masculine] (Danish), stilstand (Dutch), halto (Esperanto), pysähtyminen (Finnish), arrêt [masculine] (French), immobilisation [feminine] (French), paralysie [feminine] (French), surplace [masculine] (French), paralización [feminine] (Galician), უძრაობა (uʒraoba) (Georgian), უმოქმედობა (umokmedoba) (Georgian), გაჩერება (gačereba) (Georgian), შეჩერება (šečereba) (Georgian), შეწყვეტა (šec̣q̇veṭa) (Georgian), Stillstand [masculine] (German), mozdulatlanság (Hungarian), leállás (Hungarian), megállás (Hungarian), szünetelés (Hungarian), üzemszünet (Hungarian), holtpont (Hungarian), bénultság (Hungarian), nyugalmi állapot/helyzet (Hungarian), immobilisation (Interlingua), paralyse (Interlingua), stad [masculine] (Irish), fermata (Italian), blocco [masculine] (Italian), fermo [masculine] (Italian), arresto [masculine] (Italian), punto morto [masculine] (Italian), stallo [masculine] (Italian), vicolo cieco [masculine] (Italian), stasi [feminine] (Italian), stanca [feminine] (Italian), 停止 (teishi) (alt: ていし) (Japanese), 停頓 (teiton) (alt: ていとん) (Japanese), immobilizatio (Latin), за́стој (zástoj) [masculine] (Macedonian), безде́јствие (bezdéjstvie) [neuter] (Macedonian), бе́здејство (bézdejstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), whakamāraritanga (Maori), stillstand (Norwegian), zastój [masculine] (Polish), paralisação (Portuguese), oprit (Romanian), imobilizat (Romanian), остано́вка (ostanóvka) [feminine] (Russian), засто́й (zastój) [masculine] (Russian), безде́йствие (bezdéjstvije) [neuter] (Russian), просто́й (prostój) (note: esp. at work) [masculine] (Russian), parada (Spanish), bế tắc (Vietnamese), dừng (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "durğunluq"
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          "roman": "bezdéjstvie",
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          "word": "безде́йствие"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "停頓"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tíngdùn",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "停顿"
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          "sense": "complete immobility",
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          "sense": "complete immobility",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "halto"
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          "sense": "complete immobility",
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          "sense": "complete immobility",
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          "word": "arrêt"
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          "sense": "complete immobility",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
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          "word": "paralización"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "uʒraoba",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "უძრაობა"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "umokmedoba",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "უმოქმედობა"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gačereba",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "გაჩერება"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šečereba",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "შეჩერება"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šec̣q̇veṭa",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "შეწყვეტა"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Stillstand"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "mozdulatlanság"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "leállás"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "megállás"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "szünetelés"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "üzemszünet"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "holtpont"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "bénultság"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "nyugalmi állapot/helyzet"
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        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "immobilisation"
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        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "paralyse"
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        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "stad"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "fermata"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "blocco"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "fermo"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "arresto"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "punto morto"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "stallo"
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          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vicolo cieco"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "stasi"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
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          "word": "stanca"
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          "alt": "ていし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "teishi",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "停止"
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          "alt": "ていとん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "teiton",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "停頓"
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "immobilizatio"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zástoj",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
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          "word": "за́стој"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bezdéjstvie",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bézdejstvo",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
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          "word": "бе́здејство"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "whakamāraritanga"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
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          "sense": "complete immobility",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "paralisação"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "imobilizat"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ostanóvka",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "остано́вка"
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          "word": "безде́йствие"
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          "note": "esp. at work",
          "roman": "prostój",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
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          "word": "просто́й"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "parada"
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        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
          "word": "bế tắc"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "complete immobility",
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    {
      "word": "standstill agreement"
    }
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        "plural"
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        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Interlingua translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The wreck brought traffic to a standstill for hours.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 March, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 184:",
          "text": "[...] but in the damp conditions prevailing the driver sensibly was unwilling to attempt the climb up through Combe Down tunnel without help, for fear of slipping to a standstill in the unventilated bore, [...].",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, James C. Spohrer, Louis E. Freund, Advances in the Human Side of Service Engineering:",
          "text": "For the caller the advantage relies on a fast solution of his service request, leading to less standstill and non-productive periods for the service customer.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "Complete immobility; a halt."
      ],
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          "Complete",
          "complete"
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          "immobility",
          "immobility"
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          "halt",
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      "ipa": "[ˈstɛəndˌstɪɫ]",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "æ-tensing"
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      "rhymes": "-ɪl"
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    {
      "word": "deadlock"
    },
    {
      "word": "dead stand"
    },
    {
      "word": "grind"
    },
    {
      "word": "halt"
    },
    {
      "word": "idle"
    },
    {
      "word": "impasse"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "durğunluq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zastój",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "засто́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezdéjstvie",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "безде́йствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "停頓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tíngdùn",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "停顿"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stilstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "stilstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "halto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "pysähtyminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arrêt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "immobilisation"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paralysie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "surplace"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paralización"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uʒraoba",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "უძრაობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "umokmedoba",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "უმოქმედობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gačereba",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "გაჩერება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šečereba",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "შეჩერება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šec̣q̇veṭa",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "შეწყვეტა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stillstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "mozdulatlanság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "leállás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "megállás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "szünetelés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "üzemszünet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "holtpont"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "bénultság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "nyugalmi állapot/helyzet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "immobilisation"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "paralyse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stad"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "fermata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blocco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fermo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arresto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "punto morto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stallo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vicolo cieco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stanca"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ていし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "teishi",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "停止"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ていとん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "teiton",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "停頓"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "immobilizatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zástoj",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́стој"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bezdéjstvie",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "безде́јствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bézdejstvo",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бе́здејство"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "whakamāraritanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "stillstand"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zastój"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "paralisação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "oprit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "imobilizat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostanóvka",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "остано́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zastój",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "засто́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezdéjstvije",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "безде́йствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "esp. at work",
      "roman": "prostój",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "просто́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "parada"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "bế tắc"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "complete immobility",
      "word": "dừng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "standstill"
}

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