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• logjam — UK US (also log jam) /ˈlɒɡdʒæm/ noun [C] ► a situation in which no progress can be made because an agreement cannot be reached: »The union told its members it would try to break the log jam by dealing with individual companies. a… …   Financial and business terms

• logjam — n. 1) to break (up), clear a logjam 2) (fig.) (esp. AE) a legislative logjam * * * [ lɒgdʒæm] clear a logjam (fig.) (esp. AE) a legislative logjam to break (up) …   Combinatory dictionary

• logjam — [[t]lɒ̱gʤæm[/t]] logjams N COUNT: usu sing To break the logjam means to change or deal with a difficult situation which has existed for a long time. [JOURNALISM] A new initiative was needed to break the logjam …   English dictionary

• logjam — UK [ˈlɒɡˌdʒæm] / US [ˈlɔɡˌdʒæm] noun [countable] Word forms logjam : singular logjam plural logjams a situation in which one problem is stopping anything else from being done They need to break the logjam that has held up the talks for weeks …   English dictionary

• logjam — noun Date: 1885 1. a jumble of logs jammed together in a watercourse 2. a. deadlock, impasse < trying to break the logjam in negotiations > b. blockage c. jam, crowd • logjam transitive verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• logjam — /ˈlɒgdʒæm/ (say logjam) noun 1. a mass of logs forming a wedge across a current, behind which the logs are trapped. 2. any similar situation in which items which ought to be flowing smoothly forward are piled up behind one another: *trying to… …  

• logjam — log|jam [ lɔg,dʒæm ] noun count a situation in which one problem is stopping anything else from being done: They need to break the logjam that has held up the talks for weeks …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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• log|jam — «LG JAM, LOG », noun, verb, jammed, jam|ming. –n. 1. the act or fact of blocking the downstream movement of logs, causing a jumbled overcrowding of the timber in the river. 2. a deadlock; delay; standstill: »The Yugoslavs might break the logjam… …   Useful english dictionary