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- [ches]
- /tʃɛs/
- /tʃes/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ches]
- /tʃɛs/
Definitions of chess word
- uncountable noun chess Chess is a game for two people, played on a chessboard. Each player has 16 pieces, including a king. Your aim is to move your pieces so that your opponent's king cannot escape being taken. 3
- noun chess a game of skill for two players using a chessboard on which chessmen are moved. Initially each player has one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns, which have different types of moves according to kind. The object is to checkmate the opponent's king 3
- noun chess a floorboard of the deck of a pontoon bridge 3
- noun chess a game of skill played on a chessboard by two players, each with 16 chessmen limited in movement according to kind, the object being to checkmate the opponent's king 3
- noun chess any of several varieties of brome grass, esp. a weedy kind (Bromus secalinus) found in fields of grain 3
- noun chess a game played on a chessboard by two people who maneuver sixteen pieces each according to rules governing movement of the six kinds of pieces (pawn, rook, knight, bishop, queen, king), the object being to bring the opponent's king into checkmate. 1
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Origin of chess
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English < Old French esches, plural of eschec check1
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Parts of speech for Chess
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chess popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
chess usage trend in Literature
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