verb🔗ShareTo put the king of an opponent into checkmate."That jerk checkmated me in four moves!"gameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape."After the company president stole all the funds and fled the country, the employees felt checkmated, with no options left to save their jobs. "situationgameachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareHaving a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.""After only ten moves, Sarah's king was checkmated, and she lost the chess game." "gameachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareSuffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss."After accidentally deleting the only copy of her final project the night before it was due, Sarah felt completely checkmated. "sufferingsituationemotionnegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading