Definition of stalemate in English:

stalemate

noun ˈsteɪlmeɪtˈsteɪlˌmeɪt

mass nounChess

1A position counting as a draw, in which a player is not in check but cannot move except into check.
last time I played him it ended up in stalemate
Example sentencesExamples
- So don't tell me that this game will eventually come to a stalemate like chess, where the player turns over his king and quits.
- The often-criticized rule that stalemate is a draw also increases Chess's drama, by giving a player hope of salvaging something even after he can no longer win.
- And so the chess game has produced another stalemate.
- It could take the scientist years to learn that a pawn on the eighth row can become a queen, rook, bishop, or knight, or exactly what checkmates and stalemates are.
- Throwing in the proverbial towel is, however, not an option according to the rules of this particular contest, which state that the game can only end with checkmate or stalemate.
1. 1.1 A situation in which further action or progress by opposing or competing parties seems impossible.
  the war had again reached stalemate
  Example sentencesExamples
  When power is divided, as it has been since 1994, the checks and balances of government make for legislative stalemate.
  They came up with the scheme after plans for a one-way system reached a stalemate.
  The 3-3 stalemate remained until half time despite several promising moves from both sides.
  Military stalemate in the Mid-Atlantic region in 1778 encouraged British commanders to reconsider again their strategic policy.
  The legislation would end a two-year stalemate between congressional agriculture policy leaders and budget experts.
  Now officials have warned that if negotiations reach stalemate today they will resort to legal action.
  It also proved a lesson in patience for a loud and enthusiastic crowd who anticipated a thrilling fourth day but instead watched the Test progress towards a dull stalemate.
  A mediator can break this stalemate and get the parties talking.
  By the spring of 1915, the war had entered the stalemate of trench warfare.
  The general election produced a stalemate, with opposition and pro-government parties each ending up with 25 seats in the 50-seat parliament.
  Contract talks between Saints and their Great Britain full back star Paul Wellens reached stalemate at a meeting held at Knowsley Road.
  Workers and management at a Great Harwood engineering depot have reached stalemate over pay claims.
  By 1807 the protracted war between Britain and Napoleonic France had reached a stalemate.
  For more than three months both sides have refused to budge, with officials last week conceding they'd reached a stalemate.
  The stalemate remains firmly entrenched, with no one party having overall control of the Council for the third poll in a row.
  The Council for Industrial and Commercial Development yesterday held a forum to urge the government to move away from the current stalemate.
  A stalemate had been reached in which the opposition could not unseat the government by force and the government could not reassert full control.
  Darren Schofield was the player to break the stalemate eight minutes from the end.
  The Justice Ministers could not agree on the matter last week and despite efforts by diplomats to resolve it over the last few days, it reached a stalemate.
  The creatures on each end of the fishing tackle pulled with equal force and stalemate ensued.
  Synonyms
  deadlock, impasse, standstill, dead end, stand-off, draw, tie, dead heat

verb ˈsteɪlmeɪtˈsteɪlˌmeɪt

[with object]

Bring to or cause to reach stalemate.
the group played a key role in stalemating the negotiations
Example sentencesExamples
- As a result, shareholder activism has been stalemated in this arena, and institutional shareholders want a new weapon.
- The integrity-challenged King has been a courtroom star, fending off lawsuits and criminal indictments like a chess master who checkmates or at least stalemates all comers.
- This article concludes by suggesting ways in which the currently stalemated debate might be revitalized by principled interventions from scholars and concerned citizens.
- At the heart of the matter is the long drawn-out unresolved and stalemated civilizational struggle, which refuses to blow away, and in fact demands final resolution.
- This issue is not stalemated somewhere; it is not in some sort of freeze-frame mode; it is moving ahead, and this bill provides the extra time required.
- The two sides are stalemated over issues such as salaries and health insurance for both retirees and current teachers.
- Fitzsimmons notes that prior to 4 August, debates in the National Assembly were largely stalemated between those legislators who wanted reform and those who wanted to preserve the status quo.
- The simplest assessment is that it means no changes in the status quo: the round is stalemated for now, though there will be attempts, however faint, to revive it in Geneva in the months to come.
- The teachers and district negotiators have stalemated on health care, early retirement incentives, salaries, duties and time.
- His trademark was a rare combination of quickness and power, but last season the motor never shifted into overdrive and Russell too often was stalemated by what seemed to be inferior talent.
- By December 1943, the Allies had failed to break the Gustav Line and the Italian campaign was stalemated.
- Twice Rick has stalemated him, and once Matt managed to beat him, after a long and difficult battle lasting two and a half hours.
- Thus the major threat to society has been neutralized, but acts of resistance remain, the argument never finished, never answered, simply stalemated.
- Both teams were then stalemated until the start of the second half.
- Nick managed to move his battered body quickly enough to launch his own counter-blast, successfully stalemating the battleship's beam.
- Those strains on business have affected any number of stakeholders in the electricity sector; they are unable to plan, unwilling to invest, and stalemated in their attempts to devise a way out of the current dilemma.
- The match layout trying to show both as being equals in power was not the type of farewell that the fans were hoping for, as indicated by the ravenous boos every time they wound up stalemating.
- That strike ended with negotiations, which stalemated a week ago.
- The debate about whether genres can or should be taught explicitly has often stalemated between the poles of teaching rigid rules to students who then mimic them and not teaching genres because acquiring them is an implicit process.
- Gulliver's power was no longer neutralised and stalemated by another player of equivalent weight.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from obsolete stale (from Anglo-Norman French estale 'position', from estaler 'be placed') + mate².

Definition of stalemate in US English:

stalemate

nounˈstālˌmātˈsteɪlˌmeɪt

Chess

1A position counting as a draw, in which a player is not in check but cannot move except into check.
Example sentencesExamples
- It could take the scientist years to learn that a pawn on the eighth row can become a queen, rook, bishop, or knight, or exactly what checkmates and stalemates are.
- And so the chess game has produced another stalemate.
- The often-criticized rule that stalemate is a draw also increases Chess's drama, by giving a player hope of salvaging something even after he can no longer win.
- Throwing in the proverbial towel is, however, not an option according to the rules of this particular contest, which state that the game can only end with checkmate or stalemate.
- So don't tell me that this game will eventually come to a stalemate like chess, where the player turns over his king and quits.
1. 1.1 A situation in which further action or progress by opposing or competing parties seems impossible.
  the war had again reached stalemate
  Example sentencesExamples
  They came up with the scheme after plans for a one-way system reached a stalemate.
  When power is divided, as it has been since 1994, the checks and balances of government make for legislative stalemate.
  A mediator can break this stalemate and get the parties talking.
  Now officials have warned that if negotiations reach stalemate today they will resort to legal action.
  The Council for Industrial and Commercial Development yesterday held a forum to urge the government to move away from the current stalemate.
  Contract talks between Saints and their Great Britain full back star Paul Wellens reached stalemate at a meeting held at Knowsley Road.
  The creatures on each end of the fishing tackle pulled with equal force and stalemate ensued.
  The 3-3 stalemate remained until half time despite several promising moves from both sides.
  By 1807 the protracted war between Britain and Napoleonic France had reached a stalemate.
  A stalemate had been reached in which the opposition could not unseat the government by force and the government could not reassert full control.
  Darren Schofield was the player to break the stalemate eight minutes from the end.
  The stalemate remains firmly entrenched, with no one party having overall control of the Council for the third poll in a row.
  Military stalemate in the Mid-Atlantic region in 1778 encouraged British commanders to reconsider again their strategic policy.
  It also proved a lesson in patience for a loud and enthusiastic crowd who anticipated a thrilling fourth day but instead watched the Test progress towards a dull stalemate.
  For more than three months both sides have refused to budge, with officials last week conceding they'd reached a stalemate.
  The general election produced a stalemate, with opposition and pro-government parties each ending up with 25 seats in the 50-seat parliament.
  The legislation would end a two-year stalemate between congressional agriculture policy leaders and budget experts.
  Workers and management at a Great Harwood engineering depot have reached stalemate over pay claims.
  The Justice Ministers could not agree on the matter last week and despite efforts by diplomats to resolve it over the last few days, it reached a stalemate.
  By the spring of 1915, the war had entered the stalemate of trench warfare.
  Synonyms
  deadlock, impasse, standstill, dead end, stand-off, draw, tie, dead heat

verbˈstālˌmātˈsteɪlˌmeɪt

[with object]

Bring to or cause to reach stalemate.
the group played a key role in stalemating the negotiations
Example sentencesExamples
- At the heart of the matter is the long drawn-out unresolved and stalemated civilizational struggle, which refuses to blow away, and in fact demands final resolution.
- The teachers and district negotiators have stalemated on health care, early retirement incentives, salaries, duties and time.
- The debate about whether genres can or should be taught explicitly has often stalemated between the poles of teaching rigid rules to students who then mimic them and not teaching genres because acquiring them is an implicit process.
- Thus the major threat to society has been neutralized, but acts of resistance remain, the argument never finished, never answered, simply stalemated.
- That strike ended with negotiations, which stalemated a week ago.
- This article concludes by suggesting ways in which the currently stalemated debate might be revitalized by principled interventions from scholars and concerned citizens.
- Both teams were then stalemated until the start of the second half.
- As a result, shareholder activism has been stalemated in this arena, and institutional shareholders want a new weapon.
- The two sides are stalemated over issues such as salaries and health insurance for both retirees and current teachers.
- Nick managed to move his battered body quickly enough to launch his own counter-blast, successfully stalemating the battleship's beam.
- Gulliver's power was no longer neutralised and stalemated by another player of equivalent weight.
- The simplest assessment is that it means no changes in the status quo: the round is stalemated for now, though there will be attempts, however faint, to revive it in Geneva in the months to come.
- His trademark was a rare combination of quickness and power, but last season the motor never shifted into overdrive and Russell too often was stalemated by what seemed to be inferior talent.
- The match layout trying to show both as being equals in power was not the type of farewell that the fans were hoping for, as indicated by the ravenous boos every time they wound up stalemating.
- By December 1943, the Allies had failed to break the Gustav Line and the Italian campaign was stalemated.
- Those strains on business have affected any number of stakeholders in the electricity sector; they are unable to plan, unwilling to invest, and stalemated in their attempts to devise a way out of the current dilemma.
- Fitzsimmons notes that prior to 4 August, debates in the National Assembly were largely stalemated between those legislators who wanted reform and those who wanted to preserve the status quo.
- The integrity-challenged King has been a courtroom star, fending off lawsuits and criminal indictments like a chess master who checkmates or at least stalemates all comers.
- Twice Rick has stalemated him, and once Matt managed to beat him, after a long and difficult battle lasting two and a half hours.
- This issue is not stalemated somewhere; it is not in some sort of freeze-frame mode; it is moving ahead, and this bill provides the extra time required.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from obsolete stale (from Anglo-Norman French estale ‘position’, from estaler ‘be placed’) + mate.

单词	stalemate
释义	Definition of stalemate in English: stalemate noun ˈsteɪlmeɪtˈsteɪlˌmeɪt mass nounChess 1A position counting as a draw, in which a player is not in check but cannot move except into check. last time I played him it ended up in stalemate Example sentencesExamples So don't tell me that this game will eventually come to a stalemate like chess, where the player turns over his king and quits. The often-criticized rule that stalemate is a draw also increases Chess's drama, by giving a player hope of salvaging something even after he can no longer win. And so the chess game has produced another stalemate. It could take the scientist years to learn that a pawn on the eighth row can become a queen, rook, bishop, or knight, or exactly what checkmates and stalemates are. Throwing in the proverbial towel is, however, not an option according to the rules of this particular contest, which state that the game can only end with checkmate or stalemate. 1.1 A situation in which further action or progress by opposing or competing parties seems impossible. the war had again reached stalemate Example sentencesExamples When power is divided, as it has been since 1994, the checks and balances of government make for legislative stalemate. They came up with the scheme after plans for a one-way system reached a stalemate. The 3-3 stalemate remained until half time despite several promising moves from both sides. Military stalemate in the Mid-Atlantic region in 1778 encouraged British commanders to reconsider again their strategic policy. The legislation would end a two-year stalemate between congressional agriculture policy leaders and budget experts. Now officials have warned that if negotiations reach stalemate today they will resort to legal action. It also proved a lesson in patience for a loud and enthusiastic crowd who anticipated a thrilling fourth day but instead watched the Test progress towards a dull stalemate. A mediator can break this stalemate and get the parties talking. By the spring of 1915, the war had entered the stalemate of trench warfare. The general election produced a stalemate, with opposition and pro-government parties each ending up with 25 seats in the 50-seat parliament. Contract talks between Saints and their Great Britain full back star Paul Wellens reached stalemate at a meeting held at Knowsley Road. Workers and management at a Great Harwood engineering depot have reached stalemate over pay claims. By 1807 the protracted war between Britain and Napoleonic France had reached a stalemate. For more than three months both sides have refused to budge, with officials last week conceding they'd reached a stalemate. The stalemate remains firmly entrenched, with no one party having overall control of the Council for the third poll in a row. The Council for Industrial and Commercial Development yesterday held a forum to urge the government to move away from the current stalemate. A stalemate had been reached in which the opposition could not unseat the government by force and the government could not reassert full control. Darren Schofield was the player to break the stalemate eight minutes from the end. The Justice Ministers could not agree on the matter last week and despite efforts by diplomats to resolve it over the last few days, it reached a stalemate. The creatures on each end of the fishing tackle pulled with equal force and stalemate ensued. Synonyms deadlock, impasse, standstill, dead end, stand-off, draw, tie, dead heat verb ˈsteɪlmeɪtˈsteɪlˌmeɪt [with object] Bring to or cause to reach stalemate. the group played a key role in stalemating the negotiations Example sentencesExamples As a result, shareholder activism has been stalemated in this arena, and institutional shareholders want a new weapon. The integrity-challenged King has been a courtroom star, fending off lawsuits and criminal indictments like a chess master who checkmates or at least stalemates all comers. This article concludes by suggesting ways in which the currently stalemated debate might be revitalized by principled interventions from scholars and concerned citizens. At the heart of the matter is the long drawn-out unresolved and stalemated civilizational struggle, which refuses to blow away, and in fact demands final resolution. This issue is not stalemated somewhere; it is not in some sort of freeze-frame mode; it is moving ahead, and this bill provides the extra time required. The two sides are stalemated over issues such as salaries and health insurance for both retirees and current teachers. Fitzsimmons notes that prior to 4 August, debates in the National Assembly were largely stalemated between those legislators who wanted reform and those who wanted to preserve the status quo. The simplest assessment is that it means no changes in the status quo: the round is stalemated for now, though there will be attempts, however faint, to revive it in Geneva in the months to come. The teachers and district negotiators have stalemated on health care, early retirement incentives, salaries, duties and time. His trademark was a rare combination of quickness and power, but last season the motor never shifted into overdrive and Russell too often was stalemated by what seemed to be inferior talent. By December 1943, the Allies had failed to break the Gustav Line and the Italian campaign was stalemated. Twice Rick has stalemated him, and once Matt managed to beat him, after a long and difficult battle lasting two and a half hours. Thus the major threat to society has been neutralized, but acts of resistance remain, the argument never finished, never answered, simply stalemated. Both teams were then stalemated until the start of the second half. Nick managed to move his battered body quickly enough to launch his own counter-blast, successfully stalemating the battleship's beam. Those strains on business have affected any number of stakeholders in the electricity sector; they are unable to plan, unwilling to invest, and stalemated in their attempts to devise a way out of the current dilemma. The match layout trying to show both as being equals in power was not the type of farewell that the fans were hoping for, as indicated by the ravenous boos every time they wound up stalemating. That strike ended with negotiations, which stalemated a week ago. The debate about whether genres can or should be taught explicitly has often stalemated between the poles of teaching rigid rules to students who then mimic them and not teaching genres because acquiring them is an implicit process. Gulliver's power was no longer neutralised and stalemated by another player of equivalent weight. Origin Mid 18th century: from obsolete stale (from Anglo-Norman French estale 'position', from estaler 'be placed') + mate². Definition of stalemate in US English: stalemate nounˈstālˌmātˈsteɪlˌmeɪt Chess 1A position counting as a draw, in which a player is not in check but cannot move except into check. Example sentencesExamples It could take the scientist years to learn that a pawn on the eighth row can become a queen, rook, bishop, or knight, or exactly what checkmates and stalemates are. And so the chess game has produced another stalemate. The often-criticized rule that stalemate is a draw also increases Chess's drama, by giving a player hope of salvaging something even after he can no longer win. Throwing in the proverbial towel is, however, not an option according to the rules of this particular contest, which state that the game can only end with checkmate or stalemate. So don't tell me that this game will eventually come to a stalemate like chess, where the player turns over his king and quits. 1.1 A situation in which further action or progress by opposing or competing parties seems impossible. the war had again reached stalemate Example sentencesExamples They came up with the scheme after plans for a one-way system reached a stalemate. When power is divided, as it has been since 1994, the checks and balances of government make for legislative stalemate. A mediator can break this stalemate and get the parties talking. Now officials have warned that if negotiations reach stalemate today they will resort to legal action. The Council for Industrial and Commercial Development yesterday held a forum to urge the government to move away from the current stalemate. Contract talks between Saints and their Great Britain full back star Paul Wellens reached stalemate at a meeting held at Knowsley Road. The creatures on each end of the fishing tackle pulled with equal force and stalemate ensued. The 3-3 stalemate remained until half time despite several promising moves from both sides. By 1807 the protracted war between Britain and Napoleonic France had reached a stalemate. A stalemate had been reached in which the opposition could not unseat the government by force and the government could not reassert full control. Darren Schofield was the player to break the stalemate eight minutes from the end. The stalemate remains firmly entrenched, with no one party having overall control of the Council for the third poll in a row. Military stalemate in the Mid-Atlantic region in 1778 encouraged British commanders to reconsider again their strategic policy. It also proved a lesson in patience for a loud and enthusiastic crowd who anticipated a thrilling fourth day but instead watched the Test progress towards a dull stalemate. For more than three months both sides have refused to budge, with officials last week conceding they'd reached a stalemate. The general election produced a stalemate, with opposition and pro-government parties each ending up with 25 seats in the 50-seat parliament. The legislation would end a two-year stalemate between congressional agriculture policy leaders and budget experts. Workers and management at a Great Harwood engineering depot have reached stalemate over pay claims. The Justice Ministers could not agree on the matter last week and despite efforts by diplomats to resolve it over the last few days, it reached a stalemate. By the spring of 1915, the war had entered the stalemate of trench warfare. Synonyms deadlock, impasse, standstill, dead end, stand-off, draw, tie, dead heat verbˈstālˌmātˈsteɪlˌmeɪt [with object] Bring to or cause to reach stalemate. the group played a key role in stalemating the negotiations Example sentencesExamples At the heart of the matter is the long drawn-out unresolved and stalemated civilizational struggle, which refuses to blow away, and in fact demands final resolution. The teachers and district negotiators have stalemated on health care, early retirement incentives, salaries, duties and time. The debate about whether genres can or should be taught explicitly has often stalemated between the poles of teaching rigid rules to students who then mimic them and not teaching genres because acquiring them is an implicit process. Thus the major threat to society has been neutralized, but acts of resistance remain, the argument never finished, never answered, simply stalemated. That strike ended with negotiations, which stalemated a week ago. This article concludes by suggesting ways in which the currently stalemated debate might be revitalized by principled interventions from scholars and concerned citizens. Both teams were then stalemated until the start of the second half. As a result, shareholder activism has been stalemated in this arena, and institutional shareholders want a new weapon. The two sides are stalemated over issues such as salaries and health insurance for both retirees and current teachers. Nick managed to move his battered body quickly enough to launch his own counter-blast, successfully stalemating the battleship's beam. Gulliver's power was no longer neutralised and stalemated by another player of equivalent weight. The simplest assessment is that it means no changes in the status quo: the round is stalemated for now, though there will be attempts, however faint, to revive it in Geneva in the months to come. His trademark was a rare combination of quickness and power, but last season the motor never shifted into overdrive and Russell too often was stalemated by what seemed to be inferior talent. The match layout trying to show both as being equals in power was not the type of farewell that the fans were hoping for, as indicated by the ravenous boos every time they wound up stalemating. By December 1943, the Allies had failed to break the Gustav Line and the Italian campaign was stalemated. Those strains on business have affected any number of stakeholders in the electricity sector; they are unable to plan, unwilling to invest, and stalemated in their attempts to devise a way out of the current dilemma. Fitzsimmons notes that prior to 4 August, debates in the National Assembly were largely stalemated between those legislators who wanted reform and those who wanted to preserve the status quo. The integrity-challenged King has been a courtroom star, fending off lawsuits and criminal indictments like a chess master who checkmates or at least stalemates all comers. Twice Rick has stalemated him, and once Matt managed to beat him, after a long and difficult battle lasting two and a half hours. This issue is not stalemated somewhere; it is not in some sort of freeze-frame mode; it is moving ahead, and this bill provides the extra time required. Origin Mid 18th century: from obsolete stale (from Anglo-Norman French estale ‘position’, from estaler ‘be placed’) + mate.
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