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checkmated

checkmated adjective: having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game. Also the simple past and past participle of checkmate.

Adjective

checkmated (not comparable)

  1. Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
  2. (figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.

Also used as

checkmated is also the simple past and past participle of checkmate.

Questions about checkmated

What does checkmated mean?
Checkmated means having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
What part of speech is checkmated?
Checkmated is an adjective.

Words near checkmated in the dictionary

  1. checkmark
  2. checkmarked
  3. checkmarking
  4. checkmarks
  5. checkmate
  6. checkmated
  7. checkmater
  8. checkmaters
  9. checkmates
  10. checkmating
  11. checkmen

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