transcription, транскрипция: [ steɪlmeɪt ]
( stalemates)
1.
Stalemate is a situation in which neither side in an argument or contest can win or in which no progress is possible.
President Bush has ended the stalemate over moves to cut the country’s budget deficit...
= deadlock
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2.
In chess, stalemate is a position in which a player cannot make any move which is allowed by the rules, so that the game ends and no one wins.
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