stalemate

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
2. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but involves no personal loss.
3. (countable, uncountable) Any kind of match in which neither contestant laid claim to victory; a draw.

Verb

1. (transitive) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.

Sinonieme

deadlock

standstill

impasse

dead end

abeyance

draw

stagnation

checkmate

airless

agglutination

deadlocked

doldrums

stagnant conditions

fustiness

halt

hang-up

immobility

immovability

agglutinate

inextricable

interruption

knot

🪢

lump

mold

must

set-back

spavin

bone spavin

adhesion

stoppage

suspension

thwart

tie

desperate situation

being driven into a corner

ban

blind

Vertalings

pat

Patt

stallo

💺

tablas

Stillstand

πατ

αδιέξοδο

pat

impasse

impasse

Pattsituation

patt

blocage

cul-de-sac

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsteɪlmeɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

From stale + mate.