to end in stalemate

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• Stalemate — Example of stalemate a b c d e f g h …   Wikipedia

• stalemate — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ political ▪ current VERB + STALEMATE ▪ end in, reach, result in ▪ The talks reached a stalemate. (BrE …   Collocations dictionary

• stalemate — UK [ˈsteɪlˌmeɪt] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms stalemate : singular stalemate plural stalemates 1) a situation in which progress is impossible because the people or groups involved cannot agree end in/reach (a) stalemate: The… …   English dictionary

• stalemate — stale|mate [ steıl,meıt ] noun count or uncount 1. ) a situation in which progress is impossible because the people or groups involved cannot agree: end in/reach a stalemate: The fourth round of talks ended in a stalemate. Management and the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• stalemate —     Senators back rise in proposed oil tax as stalemate ends (New York Times headline). Stalemates dont end. A chess match that reaches stalemate is not awaiting a more decisive outcome; the stalemate is the outcome. Standoff, the word the writer …   Dictionary of troublesome word

• end — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 furthest part of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ bottom, lower ▪ top, upper ▪ back, hind (esp. AmE), rear …   Collocations dictionary

• end — Synonyms and related words: Friday, Friday the thirteenth, abandon, abort, accomplishment, acme, afterglow, afterimage, aim, all, allotment, allowance, amateur athlete, annihilate, annihilation, answer, apogee, appointed lot, archer, arrest,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• end in — phr verb End in is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑noun, ↑verb, ↑word End in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bloodshed, ↑chaos, ↑defeat, ↑disaster, ↑divorce, ↑draw, ↑failure, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• stalemate — Synonyms and related words: Tweedledum and Tweedledee, arrest, bell, blind alley, block, box, brake, bring to, bring up short, check, checkmate, corner, cul de sac, cut short, cutoff, dam, dead end, dead heat, dead stop, dead end street, deadlock …   Moby Thesaurus

• stalemate — n 1. deadlock, impasse, standstill; qui etus, deathblow; halt, stop, stoppage, full stop, dead stop; stand, stay, check, checkmate, mate; blockage, block; stand off, tie, draw, dead heat. 2. dilemma, perplexity, nonplus; predicament, hole, Inf.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• break the stalemate — end the deadlock, break the impasse, terminate the standstill …   English contemporary dictionary