Checkmate

Meaning

Intj

●

In Chess:

Word

by the

when

that

the game.

●

Said when one has

a person in a

with no escape.

Noun

●

The

in

of

that

when an opponent's

is

with

capture.

●

Any

with no

;

defeat.

Verb

●

In Chess:

To

the

of an

into checkmate.

●

To place in a

that has no escape.

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Origin

checkmate

English

chekmat

Middle English (1100-1500)

eschec mat

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

شاه مات

Persian

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