impasses
Meaning of impasses
plural noun
- a situation in which no progress is possible, especially because of disagreement; a deadlock.
the current political impasse
mid 19th century: from French, from im- (expressing negation) + the stem of passer ‘to pass’.
Information about impasses
- It is a name.
- The singular form of impasses is: impasse.
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Hyphenation of impasses
im-passes
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- impasses is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
impasses synonyms
Meaning a situation, typically one involving opposing parties, in which no progress can be made:
Meaning a situation in which further action or progress by opposing or competing parties seems impossible:
Meaning a position in which a player's king is directly attacked by an opponent's piece or pawn and has no possible move to escape the check. The attacking player thus wins the game:
Meaning a situation or condition in which there is no movement or activity at all:
Meaning a suspension of movement or activity, typically a temporary one:
Meaning a cessation of movement or operation:
Meaning an instance of movement, activity, or supply stopping or being stopped:
Words that rhyme with impasses
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