deadlock (n.) 1779, "complete standstill," from dead (adj.), in its emphatic use, + lock (n. 1). First attested in Sheridan's play "The Critic." By 1808 as "type of lock worked on one side by a handle and the other by a key." Deadbolt as a type of lock also is from 1808.
1 : a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill the deadlock was broken with a key compromise. 2 : a tie score.
deadlock noun (SITUATION)
a situation in which agreement in an argument cannot be reached because neither side will change its demands or accept any of the demands of the other side: Somebody will have to compromise if we are to break (= end) the deadlock between the two warring factions.
Definition of 'deadlock' deadlock. (dedlɒk ) Explore 'deadlock' in the dictionary. variable noun. If a dispute or series of negotiations reaches deadlock, neither side is willing to give in at all and no agreement can be made.
Use the noun deadlock to describe a standstill, as when two people or sides cannot move beyond a disagreement. Deadlock can also mean a game that results in an unbreakable tie or a stalemate, like when you are in a five-hour thumb-wrestling match with no winner.
The abiding image of World War 1 is of two sides in deadlock, facing each other across no man's land. It is of soldiers dug into opposing lines of trenches, from which they launched repeated attacks resulting in very little gain and massive casualties.
noun. ( ˈdɛdˌlɑːk) A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible. Antonyms. disequilibrium inclusion equilibrium exclusion acceptance rejection.
Answer. Answer: Gandhi broke the deadlock by getting agree to the offer of 25 per cent refund by British planters. Gandhi never contented himself with large political or economic solutions.
George Brown (November 29, 1818 – May 9, 1880) was a British-Canadian journalist, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation; attended the Charlottetown (September 1864) and Quebec (October 1864) conferences.
The four necessary characteristics for deadlock in OS are : Mutual Exclusion. Hold and Wait. No preemption. Circular Wait.
The Clear Grits advocated universal male suffrage, representation by population, democratic institutions, reductions in government expenditure, abolition of the Clergy Reserves, voluntarism, and free trade with the United States.
Find another word for standstill. In this page you can discover 22 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for standstill, like: cessation, stop, halt, pause, deadlock, stand, stalemate, delay, gridlock, impasse and stand-still.
Germany's resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 became the primary motivation behind Wilson's decision to lead the United States into World War I.
Who won World War I? The Allies won World War I after four years of combat and the deaths of some 8.5 million soldiers as a result of battle wounds or disease. Read more about the Treaty of Versailles. In many ways, the peace treaty that ended World War I set the stage for World War II.
In their search for a weapon that could break the stalemate on the western front, generals turned to a frightening new weapon - poisonous gas. On 22 April 1915 near Ypres, the Germans released chlorine gas from cylinders and allowed the wind to blow the thick, green vapour across to the Allied trenches.
George Brown (1650–1730) was a Scottish arithmetician, and inventor of two incomplete mechanical calculating machines now kept at the National Museum of Scotland. In 1698 he was granted a patent for his mechanical calculating device.
Ideology. The Blue Party was ideologically moderate, established from the former reformers in Canada East. The party supported Confederation, the role of the Catholic Church in Canadian society, and the dismantling of the seigneurial system.