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status quo ante

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables
sta-tus quo ante
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of things as they were before; a preexisting state of affairs.

Etymology

From the Latin stātus quō ante (“the way things were before”), possibly from stātus quō ante bellum (“the way things were before the war”).

Inflected Forms

status quo antes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

status quo status quo ante bellum

Questions

What does status quo ante mean?
The state of things as they were before; a preexisting state of affairs.
Where does status quo ante come from?
From the Latin stātus quō ante (“the way things were before”), possibly from stātus quō ante bellum (“the way things were before the war”).

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