Definizione monolingua

checkmate

checkmate (third-person singular simple present checkmates, present participle checkmating, simple past and past participle checkmated)

1. (transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.

   That jerk checkmated me in four moves!

2. (transitive, by extension) To lead to a situation that has no obvious escape without some personal loss.

Wikipedia checkmate (plural checkmates)

1. The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponents king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
2. (figuratively, by extension) Any situation that has no obvious escape and involves some personal loss.

Definizione dizionario checkmate

	scacco matto
	said when making the conclusive move in chess
	conclusive victory in a game of chess
	A move that constitutes an inescapable and indefensible attack on a chess opponent's king.
	In chess, a move that wins the game whereby the opponent's king cannot escape.

Altri significati:

(transitive, by extension) To lead to a situation that has no obvious escape without some personal loss.

to lead to a situation of no escape

(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.

situation with no obvious escape that involves personal loss

(figuratively, by extension) Any situation that has no obvious escape and involves some personal loss.

to put an opponent into chessmate

The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king has no possible move that can remove him from check, the threat of attack.

(chess) Word called out by the victor when making the conclusive move.