stalemate
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EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
stalemate (plural stalemates)
- (chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
- Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss.
- Any kind of match in which neither contestant laid claim to victory; a draw.
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chess term
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blocked situation without personal loss
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VerbEdit
stalemate (third-person singular simple present stalemates, present participle stalemating, simple past and past participle stalemated)
- (chess, transitive) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
- (transitive, figuratively) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.
- 29 February 2012, Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes[1]
- The North Korean nuclear issue, stalemated for the past three years, is now back in play again - not before time.
- 29 February 2012, Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes[1]