checkmates

Meaning of checkmates

noun
  1. The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
  2. (by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
verb
  1. To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
    That jerk checkmated me in four moves!
  2. (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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