checkmate in English dictionary

  • checkmate

    Meanings and definitions of "checkmate"

    • (chess) Word called out by the victor when making the conclusive move.
    • The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king has no possible move that can remove him from check, the threat of attack.
    • (figuratively, by extension) Any situation that has no obvious escape and involves some personal loss.
    • (transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
    • (transitive, by extension) To lead to a situation that has no obvious escape without some personal loss.
    • interjection
      (chess)
      Word called out by the victor when making the conclusive move.
    • noun
      The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
    • noun
      (figuratively, by extension)
      Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
    • verb
      (transitive, chess)
      To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
    • verb
      (transitive, by extension)
      To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
    • A move that constitutes an inescapable and indefensible attack on a chess opponent's king.
    • In chess, a move that wins the game whereby the opponent's king cannot escape.
    • said when making the conclusive move in chess
    • conclusive victory in a game of chess
    • situation with no obvious escape that involves personal loss
    • to put an opponent into chessmate
    • to lead to a situation of no escape
    • noun
      a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
    • noun
      complete victory
    • verb
      place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"

    Synonyms of "checkmate" in English dictionary

    victory, crush, vanquish are the top synonyms of "checkmate" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of checkmate

    • checkmate ( third-person singular simple present checkmates, present participle checkmating, simple past and past participle checkmated)
    • checkmate ( plural  checkmates)
    • checkmate (third-person singular simple present checkmates, present participle checkmating, simple past and past participle checkmated)
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