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PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 139

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 05broadNO SINGLE PIN

current chess and figurative senses; onset unresolved

English-language checkmate senses

checkmate DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

Modern English preserves both the inescapable chess position and the figurative sense “thwart completely.” No global diffusion date is inferred.

COORDINATES STORED
NO
HONEST TO PLOT
NO
PLACEMENT MODE
broad
TIME PRECISION
unresolved
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
WITHHELD
CLAIM CITATIONS
1
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

NO YEAR HAS BEEN INVENTED.

Current definitions support coexistence of the chess and figurative senses, not one defensible onset for a worldwide stage.

DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.

Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

  1. supports

    Checkmate — Word History

    Documents both the inescapable chess position and the extended meaning “thwart completely.” It does not establish one global diffusion onset.

    Definitions; “Figurative Checkmate and Other Chess Terms”AUDIT SOURCE ↗