impasse English

Meaning impasse meaning

What does impasse mean?

Definitions in simple English

impasse Noun

— An impasse is a situation in which no progress can be made.

impasse

— noun a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible reached an impasse on the negotiations

— noun (= blind alley) a street with only one way in or out

Synonyms impasse synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as impasse?

impasse English » English

dead end

deadlock

cul-de-sac

blind alley

stalemate

standstill

dead-end street

cul de sac

logjam

fix

difficulty

deadend

respite

quagmire

plight

pickle

no-go

immobile

dead-end

cul

bargaining impasse

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Simple sentences

It is important that a lawyer should leave no stone unturned even on minor points and harp on the same subject to achieve a break through in an impasse.

Movie subtitles

It was an impasse, and highly unbusinesslike.

I trust Lord Percy will manage to extricate himself from his impasse?

Well. Looks like you've reached an impasse, vance.

You understand, I think Solaristics has reached an impasse as a result of irresponsible daydreaming.

An impasse.

You have reached a logical impasse.

Ha! You see, you're caught in an impasse of logic.

With your skills, the impasse will be broken.

Residents of the area, including political parties, feel that. only responsible dialog can lead to. a breakthrough in the impasse. and to the resumption of work by the strikers.

Obviously, your marriage has come to an impasse, sir.

I seem to have reached an odd. functional impasse.

If there can be no arrangement, then we are at an impasse.

We're at a desperate impasse here.

I have come to an impasse regarding my recent unexplained experience.

Right up an impasse.

Gentlemen, I'm afraid we're at an impasse or impasse as they say in your country.

All right, an impasse.

Well, if there can be no arrangement, then we are at an impasse.

An impasse, it would seem.

I reached an impasse.

However, I believe my growth as an artificial life-form has reached an impasse.

Well, it seems we're approaching an impasse.

Capitulations which led France into this impasse.

Impasse des Glycines, in Courbevoie.

I think that Solaristics is at an impasse as a result of irresponsible fantasizing.

You see, you're caught in an impasse of logic.

Bit of an impasse, eh?

Your marriage has come to an impasse.

However, my growth as an artificial life form has reached an impasse.

We're at an impasse on the fee, so.

So I think we're at a bit of an impasse.

We're at an impasse.

News and current affairs

The Israelis refused; another impasse was reached.

Iran's mood changed by the time America's entire Middle East strategy had gone adrift, but the grand bargain remains the only viable way out of the impasse.

There is an urgent need to find a way out of this impasse.

Regardless of how the current impasse is resolved, the ruling raises many questions for issuers and holders of sovereign debt.

Because an impasse beckons, it is vitally important to work on those areas where intensive negotiations have the potential to produce quick results.

Many of the causes of the current impasse go back to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's decision to withdraw from the Gaza Strip unilaterally, without negotiating with the then-Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority.

Lately, however, the continent has reached an ideological impasse over how to address the problem, with environmental sustainability and growth often portrayed as being mutually exclusive.

The global pressures pushing European nations closer together are as strong as ever, so the impasse over the EU's constitutional treaty was never going to push Europe off course for very long.

An impasse is inevitable, so playing for time is not a solution.

Several weeks ago, the general election in the Czech Republic yielded a total impasse, with the left and right each gaining 100 lower-house seats and no resolution in sight.

But now the ECB is attempting to break the impasse through quantitative easing (QE).

Perhaps the only way out of France's current impasse is the no-less traditional French route of revolution.

The strike has been temporarily stopped by a court order, leaving time for negotiations, but the danger remains great because talks have reached an impasse.

Using the EIB and national development banks to this end would help overcome the current impasse.

The Gulf impasse will exacerbate the already-fragile situation in the Middle East.

Although the European Court of Justice later declared that decision invalid, the impasse remains.

A possible political impasse in the US in September over the budget and debt ceiling complicates the outlook further.

Business leaders in Europe and Russia are beginning to seek a bold way out of this impasse: a common economic space between Russia and the EU.

The economic costs of the impasse have been catastrophic for Greece, and pose a grave threat to Europe.

If we are to break the current impasse, we must envisage a healthy Greek economy.

Hamas does not share this view, and Palestinian reconciliation efforts have reached an impasse.