CHECKMATE


Meaning of CHECKMATE in English

n. & v.

n. 1 (also as int.) Chess a check from which a king cannot escape. b an announcement of this. 2 a final defeat or deadlock.

v.tr. 1 Chess put into checkmate. 2 defeat; frustrate.

[ ME f. OF eschec mat f. Pers. sah mat the king is dead ]

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