stalemate
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Is stalemate a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of stalemate?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.Examples: "The game is drawn when the player to move has no legal move and his/her king is not in check. The game is said to end in ‘stalemate’. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the stalemate position was in accordance with Article 3 and Articles 4.2 – 4.7."countableuncountable
2. (figuratively, by extension) Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but involves no personal loss.Examples: "Indian military analysts said the situation was heading into a dangerous stalemate. Neither side wants to start a war. But neither side wants to back down either."broadlycountablefigurativelyuncountable
verb (English)
1. (chess, transitive) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.transitive
2. (transitive, figuratively) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.Examples: "The North Korean nuclear issue, stalemated for the past three years, is now back in play again—not before time."; "But with the war also still largely stalemated, other theatres of conflict have become more important. In Russia’s case, that includes the secret domain."figurativelytransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary