Meaning

2 senses
  1. A road with no exit.

  2. (figuratively)A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made.

    Patt, Hängepartie, Sackgasse

    тупи́кtupík

    a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible

Examples

7 sentences
  1. We're at an impasse.

    Ми в безвихідному становищі.

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  2. Has the war in Ukraine reached an impasse?

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  3. Here contemporary particle physics is pretty much at an impasse.

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  4. We had our priorities, they had their preferences, and we came to an impasse.

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  5. Humanitarian organizations fear the ongoing impasse and the hostile rhetoric could heighten local xenophobia.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
deadlock or stalemate situation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
deadlock or stalemate situation:

Origin

Borrowed from French impasse.

Borrowed from French impasse.

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Forms

plural: impasses
Singularimpasse
Pluralimpasses

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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