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checkmate en · INTJ
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Old French eschec matbor.
Middle English chekmat
English checkmate
From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Classical Persian شاه مات (šāh māt, “the king [is] amazed”).
Meanings
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Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
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(broadly) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
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mate
Translations (91)
uk мат (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · fa شهمات (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · ko 체크메이트 (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · ru шах и мат (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · gl mate (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · xal мад (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · enm chekmat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · km ស្លាប់ក្រឡា (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · sq shah mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · th รุกฆาตแล้ว (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · cs šach mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · mn мад (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · sh šah-mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · tr şah mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · fa کیش و مات (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · tl mate (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · sk mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · arz كش ملك (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · mk шах-мат (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · he מָט (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · yi מאַט (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · th รุกฆาต (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · ur شاہ مات (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · be мат (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · az şah və mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · ja 詰み (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · pl szach i mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · tg шоҳ мот (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · mk мат (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · ur شاہ اور مات (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · pl mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · bg шах и мат (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · uk шах і мат (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · hy շախ և մատ (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · sl šah mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · cs mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · fa مات (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · pt xeque-mate (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · ka შამათი (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · nl schaakmat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · ca escac i mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · fi shakki ja matti (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · fa شاه مات (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · gl xaque mate (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · hy մատ (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · fr échec et mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · hi मात (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · vi chiếu hết (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · sh мат (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · id skakmat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · et šahh ja matt (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · cmn 將軍 /将军 (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · lv šahs un mats (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · es jaque mate (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · fo skák og mát (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · es mate (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · ja チェックメイト (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · sv schackmatt (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · el ματ (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · bg мат (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · sk šachmat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · sh mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · ar مَات (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · pl szach mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · it scacco matto (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · hi शहमात (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · ko 외통수 (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · vi chiếu tướng (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · cy siachmat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · bn কিস্তিমাত (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · hu sakk-matt (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · ar شَاهْ مَات (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · pt xaque-mate (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · is skák og mát (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · id syahmat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · sh шах-мат (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · ar كِش مَلِك (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · nl mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · ru мат (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · be шах і мат (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · de schach und matt (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · no sjakkmatt (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · ms syahmat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · id sekakmat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · ro șah mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · ro mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · az mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · da skakmat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · sl mat (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · mi whakamiere (said when making the conclusive move in chess) · de schachmatt (said when making the conclusive move in chess)
checkmate en · NOUN
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Old French eschec matbor.
Middle English chekmat
English checkmate
From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Classical Persian شاه مات (šāh māt, “the king [is] amazed”).
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(countable, uncountable) The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the checkmate position was in accordance with Article 3 and Articles 4.2 – 4.7.
2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 10:
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(broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
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smothered checkmate · double checkmate
Relateds
stalemate
Translations (74)
fa شهمات (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · mi whakamiere (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · sl mat (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · pl mat (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · nl mat (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · de Niederlage (losing situation with no escape) · mn мад (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · ro mat (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · gl xaque mate (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · nn sjakkmatt (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · ru шах и мат (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · bg мат (losing situation with no escape) · el ματ (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · sv matt (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · sv schack matt (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · zza sah mat (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · es jaque mate (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · fa کیش و مات (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · ja チェックメイト (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · hu patthelyzet (losing situation with no escape) · nb sjakkmatt (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · it scacco matto (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · zza mat (losing situation with no escape) · fi umpikuja (losing situation with no escape) · vi chiếu hết (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · eo ŝakmato (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · et lüüasaamine (losing situation with no escape) · de Schachmatt (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · cs matová situace (losing situation with no escape) · hu matt (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · hu vesztes/reménytelen/kilátástalan helyzet (losing situation with no escape) · da mat (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · fr échec et mat (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · ko 외통수 (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · hy շախմատ (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · sl šah mat (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · cmn 將死 /将死 (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · uk мат (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · cmn 將軍 /将军 (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · ru мат (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · vi chiếu bí (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · nl schaakmat (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · de aussichtslose Lage (losing situation with no escape) · he מט (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · enm chekmat (losing situation with no escape) · ar شَاه مَات (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · ro șah mat (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · fa کیش و مات (losing situation with no escape) · ja 詰み (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · cmn 徹底失敗 /彻底失败 (losing situation with no escape) · hu zsákutca (losing situation with no escape) · de hoffnungslose Situation (losing situation with no escape) · hu sakk-matt (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · gd clos (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · fi matti (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · de Schachmatt (losing situation with no escape) · sk mat (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · sk matová situácia (losing situation with no escape) · hi शहमात (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · da skakmat (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · cs mat (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · be мат (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · pt xeque-mate (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · es mate (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · th รุกฆาต (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · pt xaque-mate (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · bg мат (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · fa مات (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · pt xeque-mate (losing situation with no escape) · fi nurkka (losing situation with no escape) · et matt (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · fo mát (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · ka შამათი (conclusive victory in a game of chess) · ko 체크메이트 (conclusive victory in a game of chess)
checkmate en · VERB
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Old French eschec matbor.
Middle English chekmat
English checkmate
From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Classical Persian شاه مات (šāh māt, “the king [is] amazed”).
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(transitive) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
My opponent checkmated me in four moves!
The game is won by the player who has checkmated his/her opponent’s king.
2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 10:
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(broadly, transitive) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
Where is it? What does SCP-3125 look like? Its motivation, its origins, its modus operandi— how much of that can be known? Does it have to be known, to solve the problem? Does it matter how intelligent the intelligence is, once it's inside the box, once it's checkmated?
2019 December 9, qntm, “Wild Light”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 191:
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checkmater
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fi tehdä matti (to put an opponent into checkmate) · sl matirati (to put an opponent into checkmate) · cs dát mat (to put an opponent into checkmate) · ru ста́вить мат (to put an opponent into checkmate) · th รุกฆาต (to put an opponent into checkmate) · fa شهمات کردن (to put an opponent into checkmate) · vi chiếu bí (to put an opponent into checkmate) · sk dať šach mat (to put an opponent into checkmate) · ja チェックメート (to put an opponent into checkmate) · is mát (to put an opponent into checkmate) · ota كش ایتمك (to put an opponent into checkmate) · fi panna ahtaalle (to lead to a situation of no escape) · gd cuir clos air (to put an opponent into checkmate) · cmn 挫敗 /挫败 (to lead to a situation of no escape) · fi matittaa (to put an opponent into checkmate) · hu mattot ad (to put an opponent into checkmate) · fo máta (to put an opponent into checkmate) · pl zamatować (to put an opponent into checkmate) · it dare scacco matto (to put an opponent into checkmate) · cmn 把...將死 /把...将死 (to put an opponent into checkmate) · fi saattaa umpikujaan (to lead to a situation of no escape) · ka აშამათებს (to put an opponent into checkmate) · bg мати́рам (to put an opponent into checkmate) · mi whakamiere (to put an opponent into checkmate) · hu sarokba szorít (to lead to a situation of no escape) · ota مات ایتمك (to put an opponent into checkmate) · mn мад хийх (to put an opponent into checkmate) · ka დაშამათება (to put an opponent into checkmate) · fa مات کردن (to put an opponent into checkmate) · sv sätta schackmatt (to put an opponent into checkmate) · sv göra matt (to put an opponent into checkmate) · eo ŝakmatigi (to put an opponent into checkmate) · fr faire échec et mat (to put an opponent into checkmate) · cs matovat (to put an opponent into checkmate) · mn мад цохих (to lead to a situation of no escape) · sv göra schackmatt (to put an opponent into checkmate) · is máta (to put an opponent into checkmate) · mn мад тавих (to lead to a situation of no escape) · sv sätta matt (to put an opponent into checkmate) · bg матирам (to lead to a situation of no escape) · pl dać mata (to put an opponent into checkmate) · tr mat etmek (to put an opponent into checkmate) · ru поста́вить мат (to put an opponent into checkmate) · sv schackmatta (to put an opponent into checkmate) · hu megmattol (to put an opponent into checkmate)