Associations to the word «Stalemate»
Noun
- Trench
- Liang
- Negotiation
- Wei
- Chess
- Liu
- Conflict
- Battle
- Chen
- War
- Troop
- Hitch
- Force
- Li
- Victory
- Move
- Situation
- Army
- Un
- Rook
- Mozambique
- Pawn
- Campaign
- Angola
- Offensive
- Peace
- Jin
- Western
- Defense
- Armistice
- Warfare
- Ceasefire
- Truce
- Month
- Break
- Compromise
- Casualty
- Athenian
- Novi
- Spacer
- Siege
- Shu
- Counterattack
- Gaza
- Hurting
- Guinea
- Montpellier
- Battlefield
- Pontiac
- Resolve
- Repetition
- Guadalcanal
- Fighting
- Allies
- Reinforcement
- Hun
- Manoeuvre
- Draw
- Ghent
- Palestine
- Persian
- Northern
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Wiktionary
STALEMATE, noun. (chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
STALEMATE, noun. Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss.
STALEMATE, verb. (chess) (transitive) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
STALEMATE, verb. (transitive) (figuratively) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.
Dictionary definition
STALEMATE, noun. A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations".
STALEMATE, noun. Drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check.
STALEMATE, verb. Subject to a stalemate.
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