Checkmated
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Checkmated is an adjective meaning (chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
Meaning
(chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
More Meanings
- (figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.
- simple past and past participle of checkmate
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include resignable, hanging, matchless, matchlesse, rookless, pawnless.
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