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. — deniko

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  2. Has the war in Ukraine reached an impasse?

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

  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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