checkmate
🇺🇸
/ˌtʃekˈmeɪt/
🇬🇧
/ˌtʃekˈmeɪt/
verb
R
to make a move in chess that stops the opponent's king from being able to escape and wins the game
In three moves, I'll checkmate your king.
R
to completely beat or defeat someone
The strategy was to checkmate the competition.
noun
R
the position in chess where the king cannot move anywhere without being taken, which ends the game
The final move brought checkmate, winning the game.
R
the situation where someone has been completely defeated or outsmarted
The new policy was a checkmate against the opposition's plans.
translation
to make a move in chess that stops the opponent's king from being able to escape and wins the game; to completely beat or defeat someone
the position in chess where the king cannot move anywhere without being taken, which ends the game; the situation where someone has been completely defeated or outsmarted
Word Forms
3rd Present
checkmates
Past
checkmated
Perfect
checkmated
Progressive
checkmating
Plural
checkmates