gridlock

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English - English
Figuratively and by extension, any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way
On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone elses way
On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when its their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock
Gridlock is the situation that exists when all the roads in a particular place are so full of vehicles that none of them can move. The streets are wedged solid with near-constant traffic gridlock
{i} total stoppage of traffic at an intersection
You can use gridlock to refer to a situation in an argument or dispute when neither side is prepared to give in, so no agreement can be reached. He agreed that these policies will lead to gridlock in the future. = deadlock
a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible

Related Terms

gridlocked
Stationary in a gridlock
gridlocked
Simple past tense and past participle of gridlock
gridlocked
{s} being totaly stuck and not moving in traffic at an intersection
gridlocked
past of gridlock
gridlock
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