deadlock
noun/ˈdedlɒk/
/ˈdedlɑːk/
- [singular, uncountable] a complete failure to reach agreement or settle an argument synonym stalemate
- European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies.
- (British English) The strike appeared to have reached deadlock.
- (North American English, British English) The strike has reached a deadlock.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2, Difficulty and failurec2- The government has called new talks in an attempt to break the deadlock over the issue of redundancy money.
- The negotiations ended in (a) deadlock.
- The negotiations were adjourned in deadlock last week.
- The summit called for an end to the deadlock in the peace talks.
- The two were in a deadlock.
- the deadlock between striking workers and their employer
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- political
- reach
- break
- end
- …
- in deadlock
- deadlock between
- deadlock in
- …
- end in deadlock
- end in a deadlock
- (British English) (also deadbolt North American English, British English)[countable] a type of lock on a door that needs a key to open or close it
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