check
verb
[ tʃɛk ]
• examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.
• "customs officers have the right to check all luggage"
Similar:
examine,
inspect,
look at,
look over,
scrutinize,
scan,
survey,
study,
investigate,
research,
probe,
dissect,
explore,
look into,
inquire into,
go into,
go over with a fine-tooth comb,
check out,
test,
monitor,
review,
give something a/the once-over,
give something a look-see,
give something a going-over,
• stop or slow the progress of (something, typically something undesirable).
• "efforts were made to check the disease"
Similar:
halt,
stop,
arrest,
bring to a standstill,
cut short,
bar,
obstruct,
hamper,
impede,
inhibit,
frustrate,
foil,
thwart,
stand in the way of,
prevent,
curb,
block,
stall,
hold up,
interfere with,
retard,
delay,
slow down,
brake,
put a brake on,
stem,
staunch,
stay,
• (of a passenger) consign (baggage) to the care of the transport provider with whom they are travelling.
• "I checked my bag and got my boarding pass"
• mark or click on (a box) in order to select a particular option on a form, questionnaire, etc.
• "users who want privacy should check the box that prevents your files from being shared"
• move a piece or pawn to a square where it attacks (the opposing king).
• "he moves his knight to check my king again"
• (in poker) choose not to make a bet when called upon, allowing another player to do so instead.
• (of a hound) pause to make sure of or regain a scent.
check
noun
• an examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition.
• "a campaign calling for regular checks on gas appliances"
Similar:
examination,
inspection,
scrutiny,
scrutinization,
check-up,
perusal,
study,
investigation,
probe,
dissection,
analysis,
assessment,
inquiry,
test,
trial,
assay,
monitoring,
once-over,
going-over,
look-see,
anatomization,
• a stopping or slowing of progress.
• "there was no check to the expansion of the market"
• a move by which a piece or pawn directly attacks the opponent's king and by which the king may be checkmated.
• US spelling of cheque.
• a token of identification for left luggage.
• a counter used as a stake in a gambling game.
• another term for tick1 (sense 1 of the noun).
• a part of a piano which catches the hammer and prevents it retouching the strings.
• a crack or flaw in timber.
check
exclamation
• expressing assent or agreement.
• used by a chess player to announce that the opponent's king has been placed in check.
Origin:
Middle English (originally as used in the game of chess): the noun and exclamation from Old French eschec, from medieval Latin scaccus, via Arabic from Persian šāh ‘king’; the verb from Old French eschequier ‘play chess, put in check’. The sense ‘stop or control’ arose from the use in chess, and led (in the late 17th century) to ‘examine the accuracy of’.
check
noun
• a pattern of small squares.
• "a fine black-and-white check"
check
adjective
• having a checked pattern.
• "a blue check T-shirt"
Origin:
late Middle English: probably from chequer (sense 1 of the noun).
cheque
noun
• an order to a bank to pay a stated sum from the drawer's account, written on a specially printed form.
• "they presented him with a cheque for £4,000"
Origin:
early 18th century (originally denoting a counterfoil, or a form with a counterfoil): variant of check1, in the sense ‘device for checking the amount of an item’.
