Overview of noun checkmate

The noun checkmate has 2 senses

• checkmate -- (complete victory)


• checkmate, mate -- (a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king)

Overview of verb checkmate

The verb checkmate has 1 sense

• checkmate, mate -- (place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves")