Word: Check
How to pronounce: ʧek
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.
Example sentences: "Customs officers have the right to check all luggage"
2. Stop or slow down the progress of (something undesirable)
Example sentences: "Efforts were made to check the disease"
3. (of a passenger) consign (baggage) to the care of the transport provider with whom they are traveling.
Example sentences: "I checked my bag and got my boarding pass"
4. Mark or click on (a box) in order to select a particular option on a form, questionnaire, etc.
Example sentences: "Users who want privacy should check the box that prevents your files from being shared"
5. Move a piece or pawn so that (the opposing king) is under attack.
Example sentences: "He moves his knight to check my king again"
6. (in poker) choose not to make a bet when called upon, allowing the action to move to another player.
Example sentences: "Each player may check, bet, call, or raise as usual, staking the required amount for each card they hold."
7. (of a hound) pause to make sure of or regain a scent.
Noun
Definitions:
1. An examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition.
Example sentences: "A campaign calling for regular checks on gas appliances"
2. A stopping or slowing of progress.
Example sentences: "There was no check to the expansion of the market"
3. A move by which a piece or pawn directly attacks the opponent's king. If the defending player cannot counter the attack, the king is checkmated.
Example sentences: "A move that is neither a capture, a check nor a direct attack."
4. A written order to a bank to pay a stated sum from the drawer's account.The bill in a restaurant.
Example sentences: "He was awarded a check for $1,000"
5. A token of identification for left luggage.
6. A counter used as a stake in a gambling game.
Example sentences: "The gambling checks weren't worth anything, not until you cashed them at the casino cage."
7. Short for check mark
Example sentences: "As she worked her way down the list, Jordan put checks by all the items that the company is already doing."
8. A part of a piano that catches the hammer and prevents it from retouching the strings.
9. A crack or flaw in timber.
Example sentences: "Sanded and rough sawn plywood will develop surface checks, especially when exposed to moisture and sunlight."
Exclamation
Definitions:
1. Expressing assent or agreement.
2. Used by a chess player to announce that the opponent's king has been placed in check.
Example sentences: "McDonnell spoke no French, Annette spoke no English, and so almost the only word that passed between them in four months was ‘check’."
Noun
Definitions:
1. A pattern of small squares.
Example sentences: "A fine black-and-white check"
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Having a pattern of small squares.
Example sentences: "A blue check T-shirt"
Synonyms:
inspect
examine
learn
verification
audit
examination
check up
check out
verify
check to see
check off
ascertain
determine
review
control
scrutiny
assay
cheque
bill
account
invoice
chit
bank check
validate
scan
view
oversee
scrutinize
checkmark
tick
mark
deterrent
restraint
restriction
restrain
curb
hold back
retard
constrain
inhibit
tame
end
ending
see
ensure
watch
see to it
shutoff
stop
halt
stay
hold
survey
harmonize
regulate
finish
discipline
moderate
rein
confirmation
statement
ticket
match
go
pass
coincide
delay
Antonyms:
uncheck
Derivations:
checking
checker
checkout
checkup
checkbox
checklist
checked
checkable
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Check in Other Languages...
Spanish: Comprobar
German: Check
French: Vérifier
Italian: Controllare
Turkish: Kontrol
