"checkmate" meaning in English

See checkmate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˈʧɛkmeɪt/ Audio: en-us-checkmate.ogg [US] Forms: checkmate
Head templates: {{interjection}} [POS TABLE]
  1. In chess, the winner says "checkmate" when they make the final winning move.
    Sense id: simple-checkmate-en-intj--KJ-i5bl

Verb

IPA: /ˈʧɛkmeɪt/ Audio: en-us-checkmate.ogg [US] Forms: checkmate [canonical], checkmates [third-person, singular], checkmated [past], checkmated [past, participle], checkmating [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|checkmat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A checkmate in the game of chess, means you have won the game, and the king is trapped he can't go anywhere else onto the board.
    Sense id: simple-checkmate-en-verb-PeyTjZip
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          "text": "The man checkmated his opponent."
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