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Webster 1913 Edition
Stalemate
Stale′mateˊ
(-mātˊ)
, Noun.
(Chess)
The position of the king when he can not move without being placed in check and there is no other piece which can be moved.
Stale′mateˊ
,Verb.
T.
(Chess)
To subject to a stalemate; hence, to bring to a stand.
Definition 2024
stalemate
stalemate
English
Noun
stalemate (plural stalemates)
- (chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
- Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss.
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Translations
chess term
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blocked situation without personal loss
Verb
stalemate (third-person singular simple present stalemates, present participle stalemating, simple past and past participle stalemated)
- (chess, transitive) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
- (transitive, figuratively) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.