chess
A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving…A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
» I finally beat Tom at chess.
Я врешті-решт виграв у Тома у шахи.
Я врешті-решт виграла в Тома у шахи.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
Schach, Schachspiel
ша́хматыšáxmaty
ша́хиšáxy
a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
(US)Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.
(in the plural)One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
Examples
942 sentencesI finally beat Tom at chess.
Я врешті-решт виграв у Тома у шахи.
Tom was good at playing chess.
Том добре грав у шахи.
ruТом хорошо играл в шахматы.
I'm not very good at chess.
Я не дуже добре граю в шахи.
ruЯ не очень силён в шахматах.
Tom taught me to play chess.
Том навчив мене грати в шахи.
ruТом научил меня играть в шахматы.
Tom is very good at chess.
Том дуже добре грає в шахи.
deTom spielt sehr gut Schach.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English ches, chesse, from Old French eschés, plural of eschec, from MedievalFrom Middle English ches, chesse, from Old French eschés, plural of eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king [in chess]”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/).
Uncertain; perhaps linked to Etymology 1, above, from the sense of being arranged in rows or lines.
Compare French châssis (“a framework of carpentry”).
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Forms
plural: chesses| Singular | chess |
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uncountable
Synonyms
6 synonyms- a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king:chess game
- weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat:cheatBromus secalinus
Word family
42 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Hobbies and sport — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- play chess
- chess player
- to play chess
- good chess player
- play chess with
- better chess player
- chess player than
- playing chess
- good at chess
- better better chess
- game of chess
- very good chess