check

Meaning

Noun

1. An inspection or examination.
2. A control; a limit or stop.
3. A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
4. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
5. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
6. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
7. A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
8. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
9. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
10. A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
11. The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
12. A small chink or crack.

Verb

1. (transitive) To inspect; to examine.
2. (transitive) To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
3. (US, often, transitive) To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
4. (transitive) To control, limit, or halt.
5. (informal, transitive) To scold or rebuke someone.
6. (transitive) To verify or compare with a source of information.
7. (transitive) To leave in safekeeping.
8. (transitive) To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
9. (transitive) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
10. (transitive) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
11. (transitive) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
12. (transitive) To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
13. (transitive) To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
14. To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
15. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
16. (transitive) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
17. (intransitive) To make a stop; to pause.
18. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
19. To act as a curb or restraint.
20. To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
21. (intransitive) To check out, make sense or prove to be the case after verification or interrogation.

Intj

1. An expression showing that a requirement has been satisfied.
2. An expression that indicates that the speaker wishes to pay the bill (e.g. in a restaurant).

Verb

To mark with a check pattern.

Adj

Checky, i.e. chequy.

Opposite of

uncheck

Synonyms

control

examine

stop

🛑

restrain

verify

inspect

cheque

bill

curb

restraint

prevent

test

obstruct

verification

hinder

hold back

inspection

audit

block

suppress

examination

see

👀

arrest

check up on

look into

investigate

compare

inhibit

tick

tally

mark

supervise

oppose

ascertain

inhibition

impede

review

hindrance

check out

contain

obstruction

repress

collate

delay

crack

checking

detain

ensure

resist

survey

Translations

vérifier

controllare

contrôler

assegno

scacco

kontrollieren

comprobar

cheque

contrôle

vérification

chèque

verificare

controllo

controlar

prüfen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃɛk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: chek

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Schak

Cognate with Dutch: schaak

Cognate with German: Schach

Cognate with Danish: skak

Cognate with Swedish: schack

Cognate with Icelandic: skák

Cognate with French: échec

Cognate with Italian: scacco

Inherited from Middle English: chekken

In summary

From Middle English chek, chekke, borrowed from Old French eschek, eschec, eschac, from Medieval Latin scaccus, borrowed from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king or check at chess, shah”), borrowed from Classical Persian شَاه (šāh, “king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /⁠šāh⁠/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/, “king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (“he rules, he has power over”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to gain power over, gain control over”). All of the English senses developed from the chess sense. Compare Saterland Frisian Schak, Schach, Dutch schaak, German Schach, Danish skak, Swedish schack, Icelandic skák, French échec, Italian scacco. See chess and shah (“king of Persia or Iran”), from the same source, as well as thig, which derives from the Germanic cognate.

Sentences

Did you check your laser ?

After writing a bug report , one should regularly check if someone responded .