stalemate talks
1stalemate — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ political ▪ current VERB + STALEMATE ▪ end in, reach, result in ▪ The talks reached a stalemate. (BrE …
2stalemate — UK [ˈsteɪlˌmeɪt] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms stalemate : singular stalemate plural stalemates 1) a situation in which progress is impossible because the people or groups involved cannot agree end in/reach (a) stalemate: The… …
3stalemate — /stayl mayt /, n., v., stalemated, stalemating. n. 1. Chess. a position of the pieces in which a player cannot move any piece except the king and cannot move the king without putting it in check. 2. any position or situation in which no action… …
4stalemate — stale|mate [ steıl,meıt ] noun count or uncount 1. ) a situation in which progress is impossible because the people or groups involved cannot agree: end in/reach a stalemate: The fourth round of talks ended in a stalemate. Management and the… …
5stalemate — noun the talks had reached a stalemate Syn: deadlock, impasse, standoff; draw, tie, dead heat …
6stalemate in talks — coolness in discussions …
7Irish War of Independence — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Irish War of Independence, Interwar Period caption= The No.2 3rd Tipperary Brigade Flying Column during the war date=January 21, 1919 July 11, 1921 (though violence continued until July 1922) place=Ireland casus …
8international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
9Israel — /iz ree euhl, ray /, n. 1. a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 5,534,672; 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Cap.: Jerusalem. 2. the people traditionally descended from Jacob; the Hebrew or Jewish people. 3 …
10United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
