on hold
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
prep_phrase
On reserve; being held for someone.
prep_phrase
Pertaining to a telephone hold state.
Example Sentences
- "This project is on hold until we can get more information."
- "Plans to build a western rail route into Heathrow Airport have been put on hold, with Network Rail saying that staff working on the scheme have been moved to other projects."
- "A new law used to justify such arrests was put on hold by a federal judge in Miami on April 2, but that didn't stop Florida police from continuing to enforce it."
- "I have been on hold for 45 minutes listening to a recording about how important my call is to them."
- "I have a book on hold for me at the library."
- "Now James Kellaris, a professor of marketing at the University of Cincinnati, reports that the sexes respond differently to onhold^([sic]) music."