checkmate
Meaning of checkmate
- The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
- (by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
- To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
That jerk checkmated me in four moves!
- (by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
- Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
- (by extension) Said when one has checkmated someone (placed them in a losing situation with no escape.)
Information about checkmate
- The plural form of checkmate is: checkmates.
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Hyphenation of checkmate
check-mate
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- checkmate is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
checkmate synonyms
Meaning mate:
Words that rhyme with checkmate
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