checkmate
verb/ˌtʃekˈmeɪt/, /ˈtʃekmeɪt/
/ˌtʃekˈmeɪt/, /ˈtʃekmeɪt/
(also mate)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they checkmate | /ˌtʃekˈmeɪt/, /ˈtʃekmeɪt/ /ˌtʃekˈmeɪt/, /ˈtʃekmeɪt/ |
| he / she / it checkmates | /ˌtʃekˈmeɪts/, /ˈtʃekmeɪts/ /ˌtʃekˈmeɪts/, /ˈtʃekmeɪts/ |
| past simple checkmated | /ˌtʃekˈmeɪtɪd/, /ˈtʃekmeɪtɪd/ /ˌtʃekˈmeɪtɪd/, /ˈtʃekmeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle checkmated | /ˌtʃekˈmeɪtɪd/, /ˈtʃekmeɪtɪd/ /ˌtʃekˈmeɪtɪd/, /ˈtʃekmeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form checkmating | /ˌtʃekˈmeɪtɪŋ/, /ˈtʃekmeɪtɪŋ/ /ˌtʃekˈmeɪtɪŋ/, /ˈtʃekmeɪtɪŋ/ |
- checkmate somebody/something (in chess) to put your opponent in a position in which they cannot prevent their king (= the most important piece) being captured and therefore lose the game
- His king had been checkmated.
- to defeat somebody completely
- She hoped the plan would checkmate her opponents.
Check pronunciation:
checkmate