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The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: board-games, chess, games
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but involves no personal loss.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Any kind of match in which neither contestant laid claim to victory; a draw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: board-games, chess, games
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: draw, standoff, tie
a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
reached an impasse on the negotiations
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deadlock, dead end, impasse, standstill
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: situation
subject to a stalemate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move, go
Across languages
Translations 92 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
رَدْب
(radb)
— chess term
Armenian :
պատ
(pat)
— chess term
Belarusian :
пат
(pat)
— chess term
Bulgarian :
пат
(pat)
— chess term
Catalan :
taules
— chess term
Chinese Mandarin :
欠行
(qiànxíng)
— chess term
Chinese Mandarin :
困斃 /困毙
(kùnbì)
— chess term
Chinese Mandarin :
無子可動 /无子可动
— chess term
Chinese Mandarin :
無子可動 /无子可动
(wúzĭ kědòng)
— chess term
Czech :
pat
— chess term
Danish :
pat
— chess term
Dutch :
pat
— chess term
Dutch :
patstelling
— chess term
Esperanto :
pato
— chess term
Estonian :
patt
— chess term
Finnish :
patti
— chess term
French :
pat
— chess term
Georgian :
ფათი
(pati)
— chess term
German :
Patt
— chess term
German :
Pattstellung
— chess term
Greek :
πατ
(pat)
— chess term
Greek :
αδιέξοδο
(adiéxodo)
— chess term
Hindi :
ज़िच
(zic)
— chess term
Hungarian :
patt
— chess term
Hungarian :
patthelyzet
— chess term
Icelandic :
patt
— chess term
Ido :
pato
— chess term
Irish :
leamhsháinn
— chess term
Italian :
stallo
— chess term
Japanese :
ステイルメイト
(suteirumeito)
— chess term
Kazakh :
пат
(pat)
— chess term
Korean :
스테일메이트
(seuteilmeiteu)
— chess term
Latin :
matum stabilis
— chess term
Latin :
stancamentum
— chess term
Latvian :
pats
— chess term
Lithuanian :
patas
— chess term
Macedonian :
пат
(pat)
— chess term
Norwegian Bokmål :
patt
— chess term
Persian :
پات
(pât)
— chess term
Polish :
pat
— chess term
Portuguese :
afogamento
— chess term
Romanian :
pat
— chess term
Russian :
пат
(pat)
— chess term
Serbo-Croatian :
па̏т
— chess term
Serbo-Croatian :
pȁt
— chess term
Slovak :
pat
— chess term
Slovene :
pat
— chess term
Spanish :
ahogado
— chess term
Spanish :
rey ahogado
— chess term
Spanish :
tablas
— chess term
Swedish :
patt
— chess term
Turkish :
pat
— chess term
Ukrainian :
пат
(pat)
— chess term
Vietnamese :
hết nước đi
— chess term
Welsh :
methmat
— chess term
Arabic :
طَرِيق مَسْدُود
(ṭarīq masdūd)
— blocked situation without personal loss
Arabic :
مَأْزِق
(maʔziq)
— blocked situation without personal loss
Armenian :
պատ
(pat)
— blocked situation without personal loss
Bulgarian :
безизхо́дица
(bezizhódica)
— blocked situation without personal loss
Chinese Mandarin :
僵局
(jiāngjú)
— blocked situation without personal loss
Chinese Mandarin :
對峙 /对峙
(duìzhì)
— blocked situation without personal loss
Estonian :
patiseis
— blocked situation without personal loss
Finnish :
pattitilanne
— blocked situation without personal loss
French :
impasse
— blocked situation without personal loss
German :
Stillstand
— blocked situation without personal loss
German :
Stocken
— blocked situation without personal loss
German :
verfahrene Lage
— blocked situation without personal loss
German :
festgefahrene Lage
— blocked situation without personal loss
German :
Pattsituation
— blocked situation without personal loss
German :
Sackgasse
— blocked situation without personal loss
Greek :
αδιέξοδο
(adiéxodo)
— blocked situation without personal loss
Hungarian :
patthelyzet
— blocked situation without personal loss
Italian :
punto morto
— blocked situation without personal loss
Italian :
vicolo cieco
— blocked situation without personal loss
Italian :
impasse
— blocked situation without personal loss
Italian :
stallo
— blocked situation without personal loss
Japanese :
行き詰り
(yukizumari)
— blocked situation without personal loss
Korean :
교착상태
(gyochaksangtae)
— blocked situation without personal loss
Macedonian :
ќор-сока́к
(ḱor-sokák)
— blocked situation without personal loss
Māori :
whakamāraritanga
— blocked situation without personal loss
Polish :
pat
— blocked situation without personal loss
Polish :
sytuacja patowa
— blocked situation without personal loss
Polish :
impas
— blocked situation without personal loss
Portuguese :
beco sem saída
— blocked situation without personal loss
Portuguese :
impasse
— blocked situation without personal loss
Russian :
тупи́к
(tupík)
— blocked situation without personal loss
Russian :
пат
(pat)
— blocked situation without personal loss
Russian :
безвы́ходное положе́ние
(bezvýxodnoje položénije)
— blocked situation without personal loss
Spanish :
punto muerto
— blocked situation without personal loss
Spanish :
estancamiento
— blocked situation without personal loss
Telugu :
ప్రతిష్టంభన
(pratiṣṭambhana)
— blocked situation without personal loss
Welsh :
anghytundeb llwyr
— blocked situation without personal loss
