Usually means: Readiness for immediate action or use.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. standby: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. standby: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. standby: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. standby: Collins English Dictionary
  5. standby: Vocabulary.com
  6. Standby, standby: Wordnik
  7. standby: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. standby: Wiktionary
  9. standby: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. standby: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. standby: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. standby: Dictionary.com
  13. standby: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Standby (TV series), Standby (air travel), Standby (disambiguation), Standby (theater), Standby: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. standby: Rhymezone
  16. standby: Free Dictionary
  17. standby: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. standby: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
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  2. Standby (theater), standby: Legal dictionary
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Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Standby: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
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  3. Standby (electricity), Standby (theater), standby: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. standby: Medical dictionary

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  1. standby: Idioms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A state of readiness without immediate involvement; remaining in preparation for (a sudden or unforeseen event or situation).
noun:  A replacement kept on standby.
noun:  (electronics) Sleep mode.
noun:  (travel) Waiting at the airport in the hope of getting a seat on a flight that is already booked out.
noun:  Something that is standard, well-tested, or frequently used.
verb:  (proscribed, nonstandard, operations) To wait briefly, as for additional communication by radio or telephone; alternative form of stand by

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