checkmate
The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is…The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
» Tom checkmated Mary on the tenth move.
Tom setzte Maria in zehn Zügen schachmatt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
Schachmatt
шах и матšax i mat, матmat
матmat
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
(broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
Schachmatt, Niederlage, aussichtslose Lage
Examples
18 sentencesTom checkmated Mary on the tenth move.
deTom setzte Maria in zehn Zügen schachmatt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
You'll be checkmate in three moves.
Тобі мат у три ходи. — deniko
deIn drei Zügen bist du schachmatt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The checkmated player shook the hand of his opponent.
Заматований гравець потис руку опоненту. — deniko
Maria is a chess whiz, she checkmated me in ten moves.
Марія - шаховий геній, вона поставила мені мат за десять ходів. — deniko
If your king has been checkmated then that means you lost.
Якщо твоєму королеві поставили мат, це означає, що ти програла. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta)From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Classical Persian شاه مات (šāh māt, “the king [is] amazed”).
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Forms
plural: checkmates| Singular | checkmate |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king:mate
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable