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stalemate
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 stalemate
A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible.
synoniemen: dead end, deadlock, impasse, standstill.
Roget 732:
failure;
nonsuccess†,
nonfulfillment;
dead failure,
successlessness†;
abortion,
miscarriage;
brutum fulmen
etc.
158 [Lat.];
labor in vain
etc.
(inutility)
645;
no go;
inefficacy†;
inefficaciousness
etc.
adj.;
vain attempt,
ineffectual attempt,
abortive attempt,
abortive efforts;
flash in the pan,
lame and impotent conclusion"
[Othello];
frustration;
slip 'twixt cup and lip
etc.
(disappointment)
509.
blunder
etc.
(mistake)
495;
fault,
omission,
miss,
oversight,
slip,
trip,
stumble,
claudication†,
footfall;
false step,
wrong step;
faux pas [Fr.],
titubation†,
b_evue [Fr.],
faute [Fr.],
lurch;
botchery
etc.
(want of skill)
699†;
scrape,
mess,
fiasco,
breakdown;
flunk [U.S.].
mishap
etc.
(misfortune)
735;
split,
collapse,
smash,
blow,
explosion.
repulse,
rebuff,
defeat,
rout,
overthrow,
discomfiture;
beating,
drubbing;
quietus,
nonsuit†,
subjugation;
checkmate,
stalemate,
fool's mate.
fall,
downfall,
ruin,
perdition;
wreck
etc.
(destruction)
162;
deathblow;
bankruptcy
etc.
(nonpayment)
808.
losing game,
affaire flamb_ee.
victim;
bankrupt;
flunker†,
flunky [U.S.].
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Nederlands: hopeloosheid, uitzichtloosheid, patstelling, impasse
Pools: zastój, śpiączka, marazm, impas
2 stalemate
Drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check.
Nederlands: pat
Pools: pat
werkwoord
1 stalemate
Subject to a stalemate.
Roget 731:
succeed;
be successful
etc.
adj.;
gain one's end,
gain one's ends;
crown with success.
gain a point,
attain a point,
carry a point,
secure a point,
win a point,
win an object;
get there [U.S.];
manage to,
contrive to;
accomplish
etc.
(effect)
(complete)
729;
do wonders,
work wonders;
make a go of it.
come off well,
come off successful,
come off with flying colors;
make short work of;
take by storm,
carry by storm;
bear away the bell;
win one's wings,
win one's spurs,
win the battle;
win the day,
carry the day,
gain the day,
gain the prize,
gain the palm;
have the best of it,
have it all one's own way,
have the game in one's owns hands,
have the ball at one's feet,
have one on the hop;
walk over the course;
carry all before one,
remain in possession of the field;
score a success.
speed;
make progress
etc.
(advance)
282;
win one's way,
make one's way,
work one's way,
find one's way;
strive to some purpose;
prosper
etc.
734;
drive a roaring trade;
make profit
etc.
(acquire)
775;
reap the fruits,
gather the fruits,
reap the benefit of,
reap the harvest;
strike oil [U.S.],
gain a windfall;
make one's fortune,
get in the harvest,
turn to good account;
turn to account
etc.
(use)
677.
triumph,
be triumphant;
gain a victory,
obtain a victory,
gain an advantage;
chain victory to one's car;
nail a coonskin to the wall.
surmount a difficulty,
overcome a difficulty,
get over a difficulty,
get over an obstacle
etc.
706;
se tirer d'affaire [Fr.];
make head against;
stem the torrent,
stem the tide,
stem the current;
weather the storm,
weather a point;
turn a corner,
keep one's head above water,
tide over;
master;
get the better of,
have the better of,
gain the better of,
gain the best of,
gain the upper hand,
gain the ascendancy,
gain the whip hand,
gain the start of;
distance;
surpass
etc.
(superiority)
33.
defeat,
conquer,
vanquish,
discomfit;
euchre;
overcome,
overthrow,
overpower,
overmaster,
overmatch,
overset†,
override,
overreach;
outwit,
outdo,
outflank,
outmaneuver,
outgeneral,
outvote;
take the wind out of one's adversary's sails;
beat,
beat hollow;
rout,
lick,
drub,
floor,
worst;
put down,
put to flight,
put to the rout,
put hors de combat [Fr.],
put out of court.
silence,
quell,
nonsuit†,
checkmate,
upset,
confound,
nonplus,
stalemate,
trump;
baffle
etc.
(hinder)
706;
circumvent,
elude;
trip up,
trip up the heels of;
drive into a corner,
drive to the wall;
run hard,
put one's nose out of joint.
settle,
do for;
break the neck of,
break the back of;
capsize,
sink,
shipwreck,
drown,
swamp;
subdue;
subjugate
etc.
(subject)
749;
reduce;
make the enemy bite the dust;
victimize,
roll in the dust,
trample under foot,
put an extinguisher upon.
answer,
answer the purpose;
avail,
prevail,
take effect,
do,
turn out well,
work well,
take,
tell,
bear fruit;
hit it,
hit the mark,
hit the right nail on the head;
nick it;
turn up trumps,
make a hit;
find one's account in.
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