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What does stalemate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word stalemate? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
  2. Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss.
Verb
  1. (chess, transitive) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.
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