Checkmate

Quick meaning: Checkmate is an interjection meaning (chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.

Meaning

(chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
2. (chess) The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
3. (figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
4. (transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
5. (transitive, by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.

Example Sentences

My opponent checkmated me in four moves!

The game is won by the player who has checkmated his/her opponent’s king.

This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the checkmate position was in accordance with Article 3 and Articles 4.2 – 4.7.

Where is it? What does SCP-3125 look like? Its motivation, its origins, its modus operandi— how much of that can be known? Does it have to be known, to solve the problem? Does it matter how intelligent the intelligence is, once it's inside the box, once it's checkmated?

Word Forms

• checkmates
• checkmating
• checkmated

Synonyms for checkmate

Depending on context, synonyms include mate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include defeat, mate, mat, brinkmate, endgame, check.

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