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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stale•mate /ˈsteɪlˌmeɪt/USA pronunciation n., v., -mat•ed, -mat•ing. n. [countable] - a situation in which no action can be taken or progress made;
deadlock:The battle had been fought to a stalemate.
v. - to (cause to) reach a stalemate: [no object]Talks on the new contract had stalemated.[~ + object]The union negotiators tried to stalemate the negotiations.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stale•mate (stāl′māt′),USA pronunciation n., v., -mat•ed, -mat•ing. n. - Chessa position of the pieces in which a player cannot move any piece except the king and cannot move the king without putting it in check.
- any position or situation in which no action can be taken or progress made;
deadlock:Talks between union and management resulted in a stalemate.
v.t. - to subject to a stalemate.
- to bring to a standstill.
v.i. - to be or result in a stalemate or standoff:Negotiations stalemated when new salary demands were introduced.
- late Middle English stale stalemate (whence Anglo-French estale) (apparently special use of stale1) + mate2 1755–65
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged impasse, standoff, standstill.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stalemate /ˈsteɪlˌmeɪt/ n - a chess position in which any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check: in this position the game ends in a draw
- a situation in which two opposing forces find that further action is impossible or futile; deadlock
vb - (transitive) to subject to a stalemate
Etymology: 18th Century: from obsolete stale, from Old French estal stall1 + mate² |