How to pronounce “stalemate”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
• (figuratively, by extension) Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but involves no personal loss.
• Any kind of match in which neither contestant laid claim to victory; a draw.
• [Verb]
• (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.

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