checkmates
Meaning of checkmates
noun
- 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.
Information about checkmates
- The singular form of checkmates is: checkmate.
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Hyphenation of checkmates
check-mates
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- checkmates is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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