Check

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English

Noun

Check (plural Checks)
  1. An inspection or examination.
  2. A control; a limit or stop.
  3. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
  4. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
  5. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
  6. (chess) The situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
  7. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
  8. (usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.

Verb

Check (third-person singular simple present Checks, present participle Checking, simple past and past participle Checked)

  1. To inspect; to examine.
  2. To mark with a checkmark.
  3. To control, limit, or halt.
  4. To verify or compare with a source of information.
  5. To leave in safekeeping.
  6. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
  7. (contact sports) To physically remove a person from play.
  8. (poker) To remain in the hand without betting, only legal if no one has yet bet.

Adverbs for Check

cleverly; fortunately; powerfully; abruptly; temporarily; effectively; formidably; systematically; constitutionally; perceptibly; accurately; absolutely.

Synonyms for Check

Antonyms for Check

aid, help, assist, encourage, expedite, allow, accelerate, release, speed, quicken, license, instigate, indulge, hasten, hurry, liberate.

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Etymology

  1. From Old French eschec > Medieval Latin scacus > Arabic صکّ (ṣakks) > Persian چک (chak, letter of credit) > شاه (šāh, king).
  2. By shortening from checker < Old French eschequier (chessboard) < Medieval Latin scaccarium, ultimately from the same Persian root as above.

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Dutch

Verb

Check

  1. first-person singular present indicative of checken.
  2. imperative of checken.

Swedish

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Noun

Check c.

  1. cheque, check

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