DEADLOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deadlock mean? 

• DEADLOCK (noun)
  The noun DEADLOCK has 1 sense:

1. a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible

  Familiarity information: DEADLOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEADLOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

dead end; deadlock; impasse; stalemate; standstill

Context example:

reached an impasse on the negotiations

Hypernyms ("deadlock" is a kind of...):

situation (a complex or critical or unusual difficulty)

 Context examples 

The consolation he drew from it was that a saving in postage was effected by the deadlock.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)