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Word: Checkmate
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic šāh māta, from Persian šāh māt ‘the king is dead’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtʃɛkmeɪt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌtʃɛkˈmeɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a position in which a player's king is directly attacked by an opponent's piece or pawn and has no possible move to escape the check. The attacking player thus wins the game.
Short Definition:position in chess
Word: Checkmate
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtʃɛkmeɪt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌtʃɛkˈmeɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
put into checkmate.
Short Definition:put into position of checkmate
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