Niederlage — meaning in English

English meaning

• checkmate noun In chess, the winning move that traps the opponent's king with no way to escape capture.
• defeat verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
• loss noun The state of no longer having something you once had.

Senses

Niederlage is used for these senses in English:

• checkmate (figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
• defeat The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
• loss (countable) Defeat; an instance of being defeated.

checkmate — full definition

1. noun In chess, the winning move that traps the opponent's king with no way to escape capture.
2. noun Figuratively, a complete and inescapable defeat in any situation.
3. verb To defeat an opponent's king so it cannot escape capture, or to put someone in an inescapable losing position.

defeat — full definition

1. verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
2. verb To prevent something from succeeding or being achieved.
3. noun An instance of losing, or of being overcome.

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