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Definitions of impasses word

  • noun impasses Plural form of impasse. 1
  • noun impasses plural of impasse. 0

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Parts of speech for Impasses

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

impasses popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

impasses usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for impasses

noun impasses

  • deadlocks — Plural form of deadlock.
  • gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
  • dilemmas — A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones.
  • boxes — an evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Buxus, especially B. sempervirens, having shiny, elliptic, dark-green leaves, used for ornamental borders, hedges, etc., and yielding a hard, durable wood.
  • cessations — Plural form of cessation.

Antonyms for impasses

noun impasses

  • agreements — Plural form of agreement.
  • breakthroughs — a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's front-line defense.

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