checkmate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
complete victory
Types & categories
- victory hypernym
Sense 2 verb
place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves
Types & categories
- beat hypernym
Related & opposite
- checkmate derivation
- chess game domain topic
Sense 3 noun
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
Types & categories
- chess move hypernym
Related & opposite
- checkmate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | victory |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | checkmate |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chess game |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | beat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | checkmate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | chess move |