quo

Speech parts

1. quo - Noun

2. quo - Verb

Meaning


quo

(transitive, obsolete) quoth


quo (plural quos)

Paired with quid, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something given in exchange for something else.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Phrases with the word

status quo status quo ante bellum no quid pro quo statu-quo-ite in statu quo status-quo supporter

Examples

According to this narrative, any well-intentioned attempt to fundamentally change the status quo is naively utopian and will result in more oppressive conditions. Source: Internet

Against this backdrop, a legal firework ensued at the instance of the Chindas upon which a court of competent jurisdiction ruled that the status quo be maintained. Source: Internet

Alongside the 2008 financial crisis, the votes for Brexit and Trump have often been described as ruptures to the neoliberal status quo. Source: Internet

Advances of technology, medicine, and philosophy constantly challenge the status quo of human rights thinking. Source: Internet

And it is also fair to say that some officials have found the need for action and real change to be threatening to the COP status quo – for some it is hard to give up on incrementalism even when it is demonstrably failing. Source: Internet

After the establishment of the Commonwealth of Two Nations, republicans supported the status quo, of having a very weak monarch, and opposed those who thought a stronger monarchy was needed. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

qumix Qumran Qumranic quo pro quid quo warranto quoad