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# standstill

noun (standstills)

«standstill» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A standstill is a complete stop, when nothing is moving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standstill/#m1)
2. «Come to a standstill» means stop moving or stop making progress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standstill/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales a journey or a battle halts, and nothing moves forward until something changes

### Examples

- The traffic came to a standstill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standstill/#x1)
- The horse came to a standstill by the graveyard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standstill/#x2)
- Work was at a standstill during the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standstill/#x3)
- The game came to a standstill when the ball got stuck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standstill/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «standstill» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/standstill/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«standstill» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/standstill.html) on Mova free.