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standby

Ready to be used if needed.

Meaning of «standby»

noun

ready to be used if needed

The airline put me on standby for the next flight.

Translation

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«standby» in 17 languages
AR العربية
AZ Azərbaycan
DE Deutsch
ES Español
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FR Français
HI हिन्दी
ID Indonesia
JA 日本語
KO 한국어
PT Português
RO Română
RU Русский
TH ไทย
TR Türkçe
UK Українська
UZ O‘zbek
VI Tiếng Việt

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The difference between similar words

something kept ready for later
reservesomething saved to use when neededWe keep some money in reserve.
backupan extra thing used if the first one failsI keep a backup of my photos.
standbyready to be used at once if neededA standby team is ready to help.