(also mate) noun [U]
1 (in the game of CHESS) a position in which one player cannot prevent his or her king (= the most important piece) being captured and therefore loses the game
seealsoCHECK
compareSTALEMATE
2 a situation in which sb has been completely defeated
checkmate (also mate) verb:
[VN] His king had been checkmated. * She hoped the plan would checkmate her opponents.
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