state of play
How things stand
State of play is the current situation or how things stand at a given moment, especially in an ongoing process or competition.
Originally from games like cricket, it now applies broadly: What's the state of play with the merger?
Let me give you a quick state of play on the negotiations.
More common in British than American English.
- scorelineRecorded match outcome
- statusOne's relative position
- status updateShared personal bulletin
- scenarioPostulated event sequence
- progressMovement toward improvement
sitrep · position · condition · updates · overview · snapshot · standing · circumstances · current events · briefings · scoreboard · context · assessment · lay of the land · big picture · result · game clock · environment
state of playfinal outcome
Conclusive resolution achieved
end result · conclusion · final result · resolution · denouement
state of playfait accompli
Irreversible completed action
done deal · final verdict · foregone conclusion · sealed fate
state, play, states, stated, stating, statement, statements, stately, stateless