Word: Checking
How to pronounce: ˈʧekɪŋ
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 the progress of (something, typically 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 travelling.
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 to a square where it attacks (the opposing king)
Example sentences: "He moves his knight to check my king again"
6. (in poker) choose not to make a bet when called upon, allowing another player to do so instead.
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 and by which the king may be checkmated.
Example sentences: "A move that is neither a capture, a check nor a direct attack."
4. The bill in a restaurant.
Example sentences: "Responsible persons may also include those who sign checks for the gallery or who have the authority to decide how gallery funds are spent."
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. Another term for tick (sense 1 of the noun)
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 which catches the hammer and prevents it 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 checked pattern.
Example sentences: "A blue check T-shirt"
Synonyms:
verification
testing
verify
Antonyms:
unchecking
Derivations:
checked
checkable
check
checker
checkout
checkup
checklist
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Checking in Other Languages...
Spanish: Comprobación
German: Überprüfung
French: Vérification
Italian: Verificare
Turkish: Kontrol
