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checkmating

checkmating is the present participle and gerund of checkmate.

Meaning of checkmate

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
    • My opponent checkmated me in four moves!
  2. (broadly, transitive) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
    • Where is it? What does SCP-3125 look like? Its motivation, its origins, its modus operandi— how much of that can be known? Does it have to be known, to solve the problem? Does it matter how intelligent the intelligence is, once it's inside the box, once it's checkmated?2019 December 9, qntm, “Wild Light”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 191

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Questions about checkmating

What is checkmating the present participle and gerund of?
Checkmating is the present participle and gerund of checkmate.

Words near checkmating in the dictionary

  1. checkmate
  2. checkmated
  3. checkmater
  4. checkmaters
  5. checkmates
  6. checkmating
  7. checkmen
  8. checkoff
  9. checkoffs
  10. checkout
  11. checkout chick

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