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Meanings of checkmate in English

Portuguese
xeque-mate
Catalan
escac i mat
Spanish
jaque mate

A chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king.

xeque-mate
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Examples for "mate"
Examples for "mate"
1
He'd know better another time: get a different room-mate, bring a book.
A week in december
2
He is a good team-mate, a good friend and a proper Uruguayan.
The Guardian
3
And that's the way a lot of animals approach finding a mate.
Wired
4
And if anyone ever asks a question, we just say, 'Sorry, mate.
The increment: a novel
5
The zoo's previous attempts to help them mate early last year failed.
Reuters
Usage of checkmate in English
1
He would always checkmate me with the same words: Not so shameful.
The power of one
2
He had lost; and now, after checkmate, he must resign his place.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 / A Magazin...
3
That will give these two Englishmen three days only to checkmate it.
The Half-Hearted
4
His enemies knew this, and they did their best to checkmate him.
The Camp in the Snow; Or, Besieged by Danger
5
But I think, my dear, it is checkmate to him this time.
The Man
6
Together we can't checkmate him-They talked a great deal about chess.
Little Miss By-The-Day
7
In the game of chess between humanity and cancer, CanceRx is checkmate.
The Master Algorithm
8
For check they use the word sah; and for checkmate, mat or mati.
The History of Sumatra / Containing An Account Of The Government...
9
Should they make their move, it could soon be checkmate for British agriculture.
The Guardian
10
We know them; we can prepare for them, and checkmate them.
Episodes in Van Bibber's Life
11
But, until that time, for any pretenders to the Russian throne, it's checkmate.
Reuters
12
This is the last game I play, and it is not checkmate yet.
Orrain: A Romance
13
The king's checkmate was unavoidable; and Henry himself had already noticed his defeat.
Henry VIII and His Court: A Historical Novel
14
I think I shall manage to checkmate him there all right.
The Pawns Count
15
The checkmate was about five moves off, if we remember rightly.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 / A Magaz...
16
He set forth his case-thecase which meant his political checkmate, then waited.
Unleavened Bread
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Translations for checkmate
Portuguese
xeque-mate
Spanish
jaque mate
Checkmate through the time
Checkmate across language varieties
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