stand-down

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [stand doun]
- /stænd daʊn/
- /stænd daʊn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [stand doun]
- /stænd daʊn/

Definitions of stand-down word

noun stand-down Military. a temporary cessation of offensive actions; cease-fire; truce: a stand-down for the Christmas holidays. 1
noun stand-down a work stoppage or layoff. 1

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Origin of stand-down

First appearance:

before 1920

One of the 12% newest English words

First recorded in 1920-25; noun use of verb phrase stand down

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Parts of speech for Stand-down

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Stand-down

stand-down popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for stand-down

noun stand-down

cooling-off period — A cooling-off period is an agreed period of time during which two sides with opposing views try to resolve a dispute before taking any serious action.

Just one Synonym for stand-down