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The word of the day is ‘stalemate’.
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Deadlock
2. Deadend
3. Gridlock
4. Standstill
1. As soon as the nomads had obtained cover, however, it was a stalemate.
2. Last time I played him it ended up in a stalemate
3. He seems to have reached a psychological impasse or stalemate.
4. Although, it is rather near a stalemate for us both, isn’t it?
5. However, at least for the moment, he had reached a stalemate.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
delay, gridlock, impasse, standoff, standstill, arrest, check, draw, pause, deadlock, dead-end, dead heat, roadblock, blank wall, corner, cessation, wait, halt. inaction, morass, scrape, jam, mire, quandary, fix, dilemma, tangent, bottleneck, logjam, clog, barrier, congestion, obstacle, blockage, stoppage, toss-up, stumbling block, blind alley, etc.
advance, headway, progress
Quotation:
If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it’s a stalemate. There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Social Example:
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