English Explanatory Dictionary

checkmated

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
  2. Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of checkmate

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-checkmated.wav

Word forms

checkmated
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