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on hold en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Delayed; postponed; suspended.
    • A new law used to justify such arrests was put on hold by a federal judge in Miami on April 2, but that didn't stop Florida police from continuing to enforce it. 2025 May 13, Patrik Jonsson, “Beat cops to game wardens, Florida expands ‘army’ of immigration enforcers”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
    • This project is on hold until we can get more information.
    • Plans to build a western rail route into Heathrow Airport have been put on hold, with Network Rail saying that staff working on the scheme have been moved to other projects. 2021 May 5, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Heathrow Western Rail Access scheme 'on hold'”, in RAIL, number 930, page 26:
  2. Waiting on a telephone call.
    • I have been on hold for 45 minutes listening to a recording about how important my call is to them.
  3. On reserve; being held for someone.
    • I have a book on hold for me at the library.
  4. Pertaining to a telephone hold state.
    • Now James Kellaris, a professor of marketing at the University of Cincinnati, reports that the sexes respond differently to onhold^([sic]) music. 1999, New Scientist:

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hold on

Translations (17)

pt em espera (waiting on a telephone call) · nl in de wachtstand (pertaining to a telephone hold state) · de in der Warteschleife gesteckt (waiting on a telephone call) · hu félretéve (on reserve) · de reserviert (on reserve) · de auf das Abheben gewartet (waiting on a telephone call) · pl odłożony na później (on reserve) · es en espera (waiting on a telephone call) · de in der Leitung gewartet (waiting on a telephone call) · fi varattuna (on reserve) · de in der Warteschleife gehangen (waiting on a telephone call) · pl czekający na linii (waiting on a telephone call) · fi varalla (on reserve) · pl przerwany (pertaining to a telephone hold state) · bg задържан (waiting on a telephone call) · bg на задържано обаждане (pertaining to a telephone hold state) · de Warteschleifen- (pertaining to a telephone hold state)