A checklist is a list of all the things that you need to do, information that you want to find out, or things that you need to take somewhere, which you make in order to ensure that you do not forget anything.
Make a checklist of the tools and materials you will need. [+ of]
checklist in British English
(ˈtʃɛkˌlɪst)
noun
a list of items, facts, names, etc, to be checked or referred to for comparison, identification, or verification
Make a checklist of the tools and materials you will need.
checklist in American English
(ˈtʃɛkˌlɪst)
US
noun
a list of things, names, etc. to be checked off or referred to for verifying, comparing, ordering, etc.
: also check list
Examples of 'checklist' in a sentence
checklist
I make a mental checklist of a plant's qualities and see which ones measure up.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Use a checklist and spread your items across your bags in case one goes missing.
The Sun (2013)
Then he methodically goes through his mental checklist.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He has a checklist where things have to be ticked off.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The following checklist will help you to quickly determine if your church needs to file this form.
Christianity Today (2000)
You may find it useful to have the following checklist of how different combinations of features affect option value.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
That speech provides a good checklist.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Use his checklist and get booking.
The Sun (2009)
Below is a checklist of questions that you can ask in identifying the likelihood that your building is contributing to respiratory health problems.
McKenzie, James F. & Pinger, Robert R. An Introduction to Community Health (1995)
These also provide a mis-selling checklist to help to establish whether you have a case.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Use our checklist to discover your spending weak spot, then find out how to solve it.
The Sun (2016)
To check how fast your biological clock is ticking, use my checklist below.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
If you decide to go it alone, work through the following checklist first.
Churchill, Jane (ed.) Collins Complete Books of Soft Furnishings (1993)
Here's a quick checklist of things you may not have realised you agreed to when you joined.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He'd only just passed his test and had a checklist of things to do on his knee.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A mental checklist must have flashed through his mind.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A strict turnaround checklist is followed.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Step one is to make a checklist of things I look for in a partner.
The Sun (2008)
Last year a checklist used by the organisation in charge of airport screening in the US was leaked.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The Sleep Council has a checklist you can use to see whether your bed is up to scratch.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Finally there is a round-up of the key pieces of advice and a checklist of essential things to do to maintain your IT health.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
checklist
British English: checklist NOUN
A checklist is a list of all the things that you need to do, which you make in order to ensure that you do not forget anything.
Make a checklist of the tools and materials you will need.