STALEMATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does stalemate mean?
• STALEMATE (noun)
The noun STALEMATE has 2 senses:
1. a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
2. drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check
Familiarity information: STALEMATE used as a noun is rare.
• STALEMATE (verb)
The verb STALEMATE has 1 sense:
1. subject to a stalemate
Familiarity information: STALEMATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• STALEMATE (noun)
Meaning:
A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
deadlock; impasse; stalemate; standstill; dead end
Context example:
reached an impasse on the negotiations
Hypernyms ("stalemate" is a kind of...):
situation (a complex or critical or unusual difficulty)
Meaning:
Drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("stalemate" is a kind of...):
draw; standoff; tie (the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided)
• STALEMATE (verb)
Meaning:
Subject to a stalemate
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "stalemate" is one way to...):
go; move (have a turn; make one's move in a game)
Domain category:
chess; chess game (a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
