karpov

1. 1.

   Russian chess master who was world champion from 1975 until 1985 when he was defeated by Gary Kasparov (born in 1951)

   SynonymsAnatoli KarpovAnatoli Yevgenevich Karpov

   Broaderchess master

Other forms of karpov

plural

karpovs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about karpov

What does karpov mean?

karpov means "Russian chess master who was world champion from 1975 until 1985 when he was defeated by Gary Kasparov (born in 1951)".

How many syllables are in karpov?

karpov has 2 syllables: kar-pov. The stress falls on "kar". In IPA it is /ˈkɑɹˌpɑv/.

What is another word for karpov?

Close synonyms include Anatoli Karpov, Anatoli Yevgenevich Karpov. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is karpov a common word?

karpov is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.