standby
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (noun): IPA(key): /ˈstændˌbaɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (verb): IPA(key): /ˈstænd ˈbaɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun[edit]
standby (countable and uncountable, plural standbys)
- A state of readiness without immediate involvement; remaining in preparation for (a sudden or unforeseen event or situation).
- The troops were on standby in case of an attack.
- (electronics) sleep mode
- (travel) Waiting at the airport in the hope of getting a seat on a flight that is already booked out.
- Something that is standard, well-tested, or frequently used.
- That recipe is an old standby, and she keeps the ingredients around in case of unexpected guests.
- 2022 August 29, Julia Moskin, “It’s Not Just You — Blank Street Coffee Is Suddenly Inescapable”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
- Emerging from an Everyman Espresso shop in Park Slope, Brooklyn, last month, David Lieber, a customer, lamented what he saw as Blank Street’s targeting of a neighborhood standby.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
state of readiness without immediate involvement
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sleep mode of an electrical device — see also sleep mode
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waiting at the airport in the hope of getting a seat on a flight that is already booked out
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something that is standard, well-tested, or frequently used
Verb[edit]
standby (third-person singular simple present standbys, present participle standbying, simple past and past participle standbyed)
- (proscribed, nonstandard, operations) To wait briefly, as for additional communication by radio or telephone; alternative spelling of stand by
- Standby while I check that for you.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:standby.
Translations[edit]
to wait briefly
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Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English standby.
Adjective[edit]
standby m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension[edit]
Declension of standby (invariable)
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | standby | standby | standby | standby | ||
definite | — | — | — | — | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | standby | standby | standby | standby | ||
definite | — | — | — | — |
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