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check·mate  (chkmt)

tr.v. check·mat·ed, check·mat·ing, check·mates

1. To attack (a chess opponent's king) in such a manner that no escape or defense is possible, thus ending the game.

2. To defeat completely.

n.

1.

a. A move that constitutes an inescapable and indefensible attack on a chess opponent's king.

b. The position or condition of a king so attacked.

2. Utter defeat.

interj.

Used to declare the checkmate of an opponent's king in chess.

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[Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic h mt, the king is dead : h, king (from Persian shh; see shah) + mt, died (from earlier mta, to die; see mwt in Semitic roots).]

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checkmate [ˈtʃɛkˌmeɪt]

n

1. (Group Games / Chess & Draughts) Chess

a.  the winning position in which an opponent's king is under attack and unable to escape

b.  the move by which this position is achieved

2. utter defeat

vb (tr)

1. (Group Games / Chess & Draughts) Chess to place (an opponent's king) in checkmate

2. to thwart or render powerless

interj

(Group Games / Chess & Draughts) Chess a call made when placing an opponent's king in checkmate

[from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic shāh māt, the king is dead; see check]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	checkmate - complete victory                     triumph, victory - a successful ending of a struggle or contest; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense"
	2.	checkmate - a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king mate chess move - the act of moving a chess piece
Verb	1.	checkmate - place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" mate chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"

Translations

checkmate [ˈtʃekˈmeɪt]

A. N (in chess) → mate m, jaque m mate (fig) → callejón m sin salida
checkmate! → ¡jaque mate!

B. VT

1. (in chess) → dar mate a

2. (fig) → poner en un callejón sin salida a
to be checkmated → estar en un callejón sin salida

checkmate [ˈtʃɛkmeɪt]

n (CHESS) → échec et mat m

vt

(CHESS) [+ player] → mettre mat

(fig) (= defeat) [+ enemy, opponent] → mettre en échec

checkmate [ˈtʃɛkˌmeɪt]

1. n (in chess) (fig) → scacco matto, scaccomatto

2. vt → dare scacco matto a (fig) → bloccare

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checkmate [ˈtʃɛkˌmeɪt]

1. n (in chess) (fig) → scacco matto, scaccomatto

2. vt → dare scacco matto a (fig) → bloccare