impasse
noun/ˈɪmpæs/
/ˈɪmpæs/
[usually singular]- a difficult situation in which no progress can be made because the people involved cannot agree what to do synonym deadlock
- to break/end the impasse
- Negotiations have reached an impasse.
- The Governor attempted to resolve Minnesota’s current budget impasse.
- The proposal offered both sides a way out of the diplomatic impasse.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- present
- diplomatic
- …
- reach
- break
- end
- …
- a way out of an impasse
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, from im- (expressing negation) + the stem of passer ‘to pass’.
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