checkmate

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈʧɛkmeɪt/
• SAMPA: /"tSEkmeIt/

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• Hyphenation: check‧mate

Interjection

Interjection checkmate

1. In chess, the winner says "checkmate" when they make the final winning move.

Verb

Plain form checkmate

Third-person singular checkmates

Past tense checkmated

Past participle checkmated

Present participle checkmating

1. A checkmate in the game of chess, means you have won the game, and the king is trapped he can't go anywhere else onto the board.

   The man checkmated his opponent.