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How to pronounce “checkmate”
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Pronunciation guide for checkmate
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of checkmate with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Prison to Professor in 5 Years
Michael, checkmate.
- Definition summary
- (chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
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How to pronounce checkmate
Prison to Professor in 5 Years
Michael, checkmate.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “checkmate”
Meaning
- [Interjection]
- (chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
- (by extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
- [Noun]
- (chess) The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
- (figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
- (transitive, by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
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