Meaning of CHECKMATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'chek`meyt
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- [n] a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- [n] complete victory
- [v] place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; in a game of chess; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"
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| | Synonyms: | | mate, mate |
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| | See Also: | | beat, beat out, chess move, crush, shell, triumph, trounce, vanquish, victory | |
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| | Definition: | | Check Mate
When he is captured by the enemy, Jake Ingram, one of the Extraordinary Five siblings, must convince Mariah Daley, an undercover agent ordered to brainwash him, to help him escape, but his inability to trust places both of their lives in grave danger. Original. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Check"mate\, n. [F. ['e]chec et mat, fr. Per. sh[=a]h
m[=a]t ceckmate, lit., the king is dead, fr. Ar. m[=a]ta he
died, is dead. The king, when made prisoner, or checkmated,
is assumed to be dead, and the game is finished. See
{Chess}.]
1. The position in the game of chess when a king is in check
and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
2. A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
\Check"mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checkmated}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Checkmating}.]
1. (Chess) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner
that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by
putting his king in check from which there is no escape.
2. To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.
To checkmate and control my just demands. --Ford.
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