Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to checkmate
Participle: checkmated
Gerund: checkmating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | checkmate |
| you | checkmate |
| he;she;it | checkmates |
| we | checkmate |
| you | checkmate |
| they | checkmate |
Perfect
| I | have checkmated |
| you | have checkmated |
| he;she;it | has checkmated |
| we | have checkmated |
| you | have checkmated |
| they | have checkmated |
Past
| I | checkmated |
| you | checkmated |
| he;she;it | checkmated |
| we | checkmated |
| you | checkmated |
| they | checkmated |
Pluperfect
| I | had checkmated |
| you | had checkmated |
| he;she;it | had checkmated |
| we | had checkmated |
| you | had checkmated |
| they | had checkmated |
Future
| I | will checkmate |
| you | will checkmate |
| he;she;it | will checkmate |
| we | will checkmate |
| you | will checkmate |
| they | will checkmate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have checkmated |
| you | will have checkmated |
| he;she;it | will have checkmated |
| we | will have checkmated |
| you | will have checkmated |
| they | will have checkmated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | checkmate |
| you | checkmate |
| he;she;it | checkmate |
| we | checkmate |
| you | checkmate |
| they | checkmate |
Perfect
| I | have checkmated |
| you | have checkmated |
| he;she;it | have checkmated |
| we | have checkmated |
| you | have checkmated |
| they | have checkmated |
Imperfect
| I | checkmated |
| you | checkmated |
| he;she;it | checkmated |
| we | checkmated |
| you | checkmated |
| they | checkmated |
Pluperfect
| I | had checkmated |
| you | had checkmated |
| he;she;it | had checkmated |
| we | had checkmated |
| you | had checkmated |
| they | had checkmated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would checkmate |
| you | would checkmate |
| he;she;it | would checkmate |
| we | would checkmate |
| you | would checkmate |
| they | would checkmate |
Perfect
| I | would have checkmated |
| you | would have checkmated |
| he;she;it | would have checkmated |
| we | would have checkmated |
| you | would have checkmated |
| they | would have checkmated |
Imperative
| you | checkmate |
| we | Let's checkmate |
| you | checkmate |
Verbs conjugated like 'checkmate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'checkmate'
checkmark,
cacumate,
chelate,
chocolate,
cremate,
decimate,
backdate,
calcinate,
calculate,
cancerate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- defeat
- beat, halt, thwart, counter, frustrate, overthrow, rout, foil
Antonyms
- defeat
- conquest, success, mastery, advantage
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Old French eschec matbor.
3. Middle English chekmat
4. English checkmate
5. From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Classical Persian شاه مات (šāh māt, “the king [is] amazed”).
Verbs referencing "checkmate"
Spanish
matar.
Sample Sentences
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My opponent checkmated me in four moves!
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The game is won by the player who has checkmated his/her opponent’s king. [2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 10:]
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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:]