English noun: checkmate | |||
1. | checkmate (event) complete victory | ||
Broader (hypernym) | triumph, victory | ||
2. | checkmate (act) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king | ||
Synonyms | mate | ||
Broader (hypernym) | chess move | ||
English verb: checkmate | |||
1. | checkmate (competition) place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game | ||
Samples | Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves. | ||
Examples | Sam cannot checkmate Sue | ||
Synonyms | mate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | ||
Domain category | chess, chess game | ||