- present perfect of checkmate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Furthermore, France has checkmated Germany for the present.
From Time Magazine Archive
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You must let me know when she has checkmated you.
From The Precipice by Peattie, Elia Wilkinson
Captain Armstrong, I swore if ever I caught you, that you should pay dearly for that daring trick of yours—that bold capture of a fellow-officer, sleeping by my very side—but this lady has checkmated me.
From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Love in '76 An Incident of the Revolution by Bunce, Oliver Bell
It is evident that White has checkmated Black.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Dudeney, Henry Ernest